University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, England.
Nurse Res. 2023 Dec 7;31(4):30-37. doi: 10.7748/nr.2023.e1864. Epub 2023 Oct 5.
There is increasing emphasis in the UK on developing a nurse, midwife and allied health professional (NMAHP) workforce that conducts research. Training for clinical academic careers is provided by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). However, the low number of successful applicants suggested there were barriers to achieving this. The Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Led Research (CNMR) launched a fellowship programme in 2016 to backfill two days a week of NMAHPs' time for up to a year, to give them time to make competitive applications to the NIHR.
To report a study evaluating the CNMR fellowship programme.
The making Visible the ImpaCT Of Research (VICTOR) tool ( Cooke et al 2019 ) was developed to describe the organisational impact of research. The 2016-17 CNMR fellows completed VICTOR and their responses were analysed using a framework approach. The analysis found the main benefits of participating in the programme were protected time for research, opportunities to develop collaborations, increasing intra- and inter-professional awareness of NMAHPs' research, peer-reviewed publications, and conference presentations. Challenges included a lack of support from line managers, limited value placed on NMAHPs' research and failure to backfill posts.
There were some challenges with the fellowship programme, but all recipients found it to be a positive experience and undertook significant scholarly activity.
A contractual agreement must be established to foster committed partnerships between higher education institutions (HEIs) and the NHS. HEIs and the NHS should conduct frank discussions of the challenges encountered in fellowship programmes. Positive initiatives and outcomes in tertiary education and clinical settings should be shared to improve fellows' experiences and enhance partnerships between HEIs and the NHS. Job descriptions should include time allocation to review fellowship candidates' applications regardless of outcome. The showcasing of research successes and the benefits of NMAHP research must evolve to secure organisational 'buy in', which is the precursor to widening access to clinical academic pathways.
英国越来越重视培养从事研究的护士、助产士和联合保健专业人员（NMAHP）。国家卫生与保健研究学院（NIHR）提供临床学术职业培训。然而，成功申请者的数量较少表明存在障碍。护理和助产领导的研究中心（CNMR）于 2016 年推出了一项研究员计划，在最多一年的时间内每周为 NMAHPs 腾出两天时间，让他们有时间向 NIHR 提出有竞争力的申请。
报告一项评估 CNMR 研究员计划的研究。
Cooke 等人开发的可见研究影响（VICTOR）工具（2019 年）用于描述研究的组织影响。2016-17 年的 CNMR 研究员完成了 VICTOR，他们的回应使用框架方法进行了分析。分析发现，参与该计划的主要好处是为研究提供了受保护的时间、发展合作的机会、增加 NMAHPs 对研究的内部和跨专业认识、同行评议的出版物和会议演讲。挑战包括来自直线经理的支持不足、对 NMAHPs 研究的重视有限以及未能填补职位。
研究员计划存在一些挑战，但所有受助人都认为这是一次积极的经历，并进行了大量的学术活动。
必须建立高等教育机构（HEIs）和 NHS 之间的合作协议，以培养坚定的合作伙伴关系。HEIs 和 NHS 应坦率讨论研究员计划中遇到的挑战。应分享高等教育和临床环境中的积极举措和成果，以改善研究员的经验并加强 HEIs 和 NHS 之间的伙伴关系。工作描述应包括分配时间来审查研究员候选人的申请，无论结果如何。必须展示研究成果和 NMAHP 研究的好处，以确保组织“认同”，这是拓宽临床学术途径的前提。
