Facilitator: Pauline Goense, The Netherlands Implementation Collective (NIC)
Discussants: Sven Geelen, The Netherlands Implementation Collective (NIC); Tom Jefford, UK
Implementation Society; Rahel Naef, Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT);
Marie-Therese Schultes, Implementierungsnetzwerk für Forschung & Praxis (INFo↔P);
Ashley Boers and Nathalie Pauwen, Belgium Implementation Network
Background
Implementation science aims to increase our understanding of how to promote the uptake of
evidence in practice, ultimately maximising impact on health. The quality of implementation science
depends on skilled researchers capable of conducting rigorous and relevant implementation
research and skilled implementation (support) practitioners capable of applying implementation
science knowledge effectively across diverse health services and care settings.
The demand for both types of expertise has grown, leading to an increasing number of structured
education and training offers, and other efforts to develop the implementation science and practice
workforce.
This growth raises a question about “professional standards”. Establishing clear standards for
implementation knowledge and competencies can help ensure the quality and credibility of
implementation efforts while also aiding the recognition of implementation science and practice as a
key discipline in health services and care settings. Uniting as a professional community could foster
shared learning, promote standards of practice, and enable organisations to better identify and
recruit skilled implementation scientists and (support) practitioners.
The session
This interactive session is for anyone involved in implementation science and practice with an
interest in the professionalisation of the field of implementation.
We will discuss whether the (inter)national implementation science and practice community should
work to establish professional associations and what these associations should encompass:
1) What is the value of evolving into a (inter-)national professional association for
implementation scientists and implementation support practitioners?
2) What should professional associations entail if they were to be developed?
Participants will collectively explore the strengths and weaknesses of evolving into an (inter-)
national professional association for implementation scientists and implementation (support)
practitioners and, together, identify opportunities to strengthen the current infrastructure for
implementation science and for fostering its professional credibility across a wide range of health
services and care settings
| Period | 5 Jun 2025 |
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| Event title | European Implementation Event 2025 |
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| Event type | Conference |
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| Location | Newcastle, United KingdomShow on map |
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| Degree of Recognition | International |
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