School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Int J Public Health. 2022 Aug 9;67:1604944. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604944. eCollection 2022.
To describe the design, delivery and evaluation of the 3rd Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) Implementation Science School (ISS), delivered virtually in 2020 for the first time. Since 2014, GACD has supported the delivery of more than ten Implementation Science Workshops for more than 500 international participants. It has also been conducting an annual ISS since 2018. In this study, we described the design, delivery and evaluation of the third ISS. Forty-six participants from 23 countries in five WHO regions attended the program. The virtual delivery was well-received and found to be efficient in program delivery, networking and for providing collaborative opportunities for trainees from many different countries. The recently developed GACD Implementation Science e-Hub was found to be an instrumental platform to support the program by providing a stand-alone, comprehensive online learning space for knowledge and skill development in implementation research. The delivery of the virtual GACD ISS proved to be feasible, acceptable and effective and offers greater scalability and sustainability as part of a future strategy for capacity strengthening in implementation research globally.
描述第三届全球慢性病联盟（GACD）实施科学学校（ISS）的设计、交付和评估，该学校于 2020 年首次以虚拟形式交付。自 2014 年以来，GACD 已支持实施科学研讨会的交付，超过 500 名国际参与者参加了这些研讨会。自 2018 年以来，它还一直在举办年度 ISS。在这项研究中，我们描述了第三届 ISS 的设计、交付和评估。来自五个世卫组织区域的 23 个国家的 46 名参与者参加了该项目。虚拟交付受到了好评，被认为在项目交付、网络和为来自许多不同国家的学员提供合作机会方面效率很高。最近开发的 GACD 实施科学电子中心被发现是一个重要的平台，通过提供一个独立的、全面的在线学习空间，为实施研究中的知识和技能发展提供支持，从而支持该计划。虚拟 GACD ISS 的交付被证明是可行的、可接受的和有效的，并提供了更大的可扩展性和可持续性，作为未来全球实施研究能力建设战略的一部分。
