Table 3.
Labor Hours and Costs by VR-JIT Implementation-Preparation Activity
| Implementation-Preparation Activities | N1 | Total Hours | Proportion of Total Hours | Proportion of Hours Accrued by the External Scientific Partner | Total Labor Costs | Proportion of Costs Accrued by the External Scientific Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meetings and Correspondence | ||||||
| Weekly meetings of and correspondence among implementation support team members2 | 7 | 92 | 16% | 60% | $3,958 | 55% |
| Meetings of and correspondence among CMHA staff3 | 5 | 77 | 14% | 6% | $3,480 | 9% |
| Meetings of and correspondence among external scientific partner staff | 3 | 100 | 18% | 100% | $4,037 | 100% |
| Materials | ||||||
| Developing, tailoring, and printing training materials | 5 | 62 | 11% | 97% | $1,813 | 96% |
| Reviewing VR-JIT training materials | 2 | 5 | 1% | 80% | $287 | 86% |
| Training | ||||||
| Leading VR-JIT orientation didactic training | 1 | 6 | 1% | 100% | $369 | 100% |
| Participating in meetings or sending emails for orientation training | 10 | 6 | 1% | 0% | $169 | 0% |
| Supervising VR-JIT orientation role-play training | 4 | 23 | 4% | 87% | $752 | 84% |
| Participating in training to deliver VR-JIT or to supervise training to deliver VR-JIT | 9 | 80 | 14% | 0% | $2,059 | 0% |
| Technical Support | ||||||
| Communicating with the technology partner for technical support | 4 | 11 | 2% | 57% | $569 | 65% |
| Engaging community agency technical support | 4 | 22 | 4% | 18% | $939 | 26% |
| Supervision | ||||||
| Supervising community agency operations and ongoing correspondence | 2 | 60 | 11% | 67% | $3,545 | 69% |
| Lab Space | ||||||
| Designing the lab space | 2 | 4 | 1% | 0% | $155 | 0% |
| Purchasing materials for the VR-JIT lab | 1 | 5 | 1% | 100% | $103 | 100% |
| Corresponding with information systems | 1 | 1 | <0.1% | 0% | $54 | 0% |
| Ordering materials | 2 | 3 | 1% | 0% | $139 | 0% |
| Reviewing resources and allocation with the finance department | 1 | 5 | 1% | 0% | $271 | 0% |
| Tracking materials for resource allocation | 1 | 5 | 1% | 0% | $183 | 0% |
| TOTAL | 18 | 566 | — | 54% | $22,882 | 56% |
Notes. CMHA = Community Mental Health Agency.
1
N refers to the number of participants, and individuals can be counted in multiple categories.
2
The implementation support team is composed of the community agency and the external scientific partner.
3
Includes occasional brief consultation with a member of the external scientific partner.