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. 2022 Aug 1;6(1):e107. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.433

Table 1.

Boston University CE program activities and associated implementation strategies

CE program interventions Implementation strategies by cluster 1
Monthly seminars Train and educate stakeholders:

  • Make training dynamic

  • Distribute education materials

  • Conduct educational meetings

  • Create a learning collaborative

Engage consumers

  • Involve consumers

Develop stakeholder interrelationships

  • Capture and share local knowledge

  • Develop academic partnerships
Courses/Workshops:

  • “Communicate to Engage”

  • “Connecting Communities to Research”

  • Doctoral-level course

 Train and educate stakeholders:

  • Develop education materials

  • Conduct ongoing training

  • Make training dynamic

  • Distribute education materials

Engage consumers

  • Prepare stakeholders to be active participants in CE Research
Distribution of tools through individual communications Train and educate stakeholders:

  • Distribute education materials
Researcher-initiated consultations to seek CE program guidance Train and educate stakeholders:

  • Provide ongoing consultation

  • Develop educational materials

Provide interactive assistance:

  • Centralized technical assistance structure

  • Provide local technical assistance
Capturing community perspectives Adapt and tailor to context:

  • Tailor strategies

  • Use data experts

Develop stakeholder interrelationships

  • Capture and share local knowledge

  • Use advisory boards and workgroups

Train and educate stakeholders

  • Develop educational materials
Facilitate advisory groups Develop stakeholder interrelationships:

  • Use advisory boards and workgroups
Developing community partnerships Develop stakeholder interrelationships:

  • Inform local opinion leaders

  • Conduct local consensus discussions

  • Capture and share local knowledge

  • Visit other sites

  • Promote network weaving (MA CTSI Hubs)
Pilot grants Financial strategies:

  • Fund and contract for innovation
Grant writing Financial strategies:

  • Access new funding
Promote institutional change in financial systems Financial strategies:

  • Make billing easier

  • Add/alter incentive or allowance structures
Internal and external dissemination Engage consumers:

  • Involve community members and researchers

  • Increase demand for CE services

  • Use mass media

Develop stakeholder interrelationships:

  • Use an implementation advisor

CE, community engagement; CTSI, Clinical and Translational Science Institutes.

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Clusters represent domains in Waltz et al., 2015.