Lambert Sylvie D, Coumoundouros Chelsea, Hulbert-Williams Nick J, Shaw Joanne, Schaffler Jamie
McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
St. Mary's Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
J Psychosoc Oncol Res Pract. 2020 Jul 28;2(3):e023. doi: 10.1097/OR9.0000000000000023. eCollection 2020 Oct.
The International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) is a multidisciplinary professional network that aims to improve psychosocial care for individuals impacted by cancer. IPOS encourages research activity, recognizing that a high-quality evidence base is essential to provide best-practice, data-driven clinical care. This study aimed to determine the barriers to research involvement and the training needs and priorities of IPOS members, with the goal of facilitating the development of training resources tailored to the needs of IPOS members.
A link to an online, cross-sectional survey was disseminated to all registered members of IPOS via email. The online survey platform SimpleSurvey was used, and questions included demographic characteristics and items related to research interests, involvement, and training needs. High priority research training needs were identified as research tasks respondents rated as highly important, yet possessed a low perceived skill level in.
Thirty-two percent of IPOS members (n = 142) completed the survey. Participants represented 49 countries and were at a variety of career stages. Overall, participants reported spending an average of 17.3 hours per week on research (range 0-80 hours per week), with 69% of respondents wanting to increase their research involvement. The main barriers to research participation included lack of research funding (80%) and lack of protected time (63%). IPOS members identified 5 high-priority training needs: preparing successful grant applications; preparing research budgets; community-based participatory research; working with decision makers; and finding collaborators or expert consultants. Participants suggested funding access, statistical advisors, and networking and mentorship opportunities as ways to enhance research involvement. Members preferred online training modules (39%) and mentorship programs (19%) as methods by which IPOS could provide research support. IPOS was viewed as being able to contribute to many aspects of research capacity building such as networking, training, and dissemination of research findings.
IPOS has an important role in encouraging research capacity building among members. This survey provides an agenda for workshops and training opportunities. Mainly, for respondents it was less about training in research methods and more about training in how to prepare successful grant applications, including budgets, and receiving mentorship on this as well as having opportunities to collaborate with other researchers.
国际心理肿瘤学会（IPOS）是一个多学科专业网络，旨在改善对受癌症影响个体的心理社会护理。IPOS鼓励开展研究活动，认识到高质量的证据基础对于提供基于数据的最佳临床护理至关重要。本研究旨在确定IPOS成员参与研究的障碍以及培训需求和重点，以便开发适合IPOS成员需求的培训资源。
通过电子邮件向IPOS的所有注册成员发送在线横断面调查链接。使用在线调查平台SimpleSurvey，问题包括人口统计学特征以及与研究兴趣、参与情况和培训需求相关的项目。高优先级研究培训需求被确定为受访者认为非常重要但自身技能水平较低的研究任务。
32%的IPOS成员（n = 142）完成了调查。参与者来自49个国家，处于不同的职业阶段。总体而言，参与者报告平均每周花17.3小时进行研究（每周范围为0至80小时），69%的受访者希望增加其研究参与度。参与研究的主要障碍包括缺乏研究资金（80%）和缺乏受保护的时间（63%）。IPOS成员确定了5项高优先级培训需求：准备成功的资助申请；编制研究预算；基于社区的参与性研究；与决策者合作；寻找合作者或专家顾问。参与者建议提供资金渠道、统计顾问以及网络和指导机会，作为增强研究参与度的方式。成员们更喜欢在线培训模块（39%）和指导计划（19%）作为IPOS提供研究支持的方式。IPOS被认为能够在研究能力建设的许多方面做出贡献，如网络建设、培训和研究结果的传播。
IPOS在鼓励成员进行研究能力建设方面发挥着重要作用。本次调查为研讨会和培训机会提供了议程。主要而言，对受访者来说，较少涉及研究方法的培训，更多的是关于如何准备成功的资助申请（包括预算）的培训，以及在此方面获得指导并有机会与其他研究人员合作。
