Table 1. Integrating Theories to Inform Implementation in the i-PARIHS Framework²¹ .

Focus	Relevant Theories to Consider
Innovation	Evidence-based decision-making
	Experiential, problem-based, and situated
	learning
	Diffusion of innovations
	Engaged scholarship
Recipients	Diffusion of innovations
	Readiness to change
	Theoretical domains framework
	Communities of practice
	Sticky knowledge and boundary theory
Levels of context	Complexity/complex adaptive systems
	Distributed leadership
	Organizational culture
	Learning organization
	Absorptive capacity
	Sustainability
Facilitation role and process	Humanist/student-centred learning
	Cooperative inquiry
	Quality improvement

Abbreviation: i-PARIHS, integrated-PARIHS.Tiument alitae net quias