Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework
Background Effective teams are essential to high-quality healthcare. However, teams, team-level constructs, and team effectiveness strategies are poorly delineated in implementation science theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs), hindering our understanding of how teams may influence implementation...
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| author | Elizabeth A. McGuier David J. Kolko Nicole A. Stadnick Lauren Brookman-Frazee Courtney Benjamin Wolk Christina T. Yuan C. Shawn Burke Gregory A. Aarons |
| author_facet | Elizabeth A. McGuier David J. Kolko Nicole A. Stadnick Lauren Brookman-Frazee Courtney Benjamin Wolk Christina T. Yuan C. Shawn Burke Gregory A. Aarons |
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| description | Background Effective teams are essential to high-quality healthcare. However, teams, team-level constructs, and team effectiveness strategies are poorly delineated in implementation science theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs), hindering our understanding of how teams may influence implementation. The Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework is a flexible and accommodating framework that can facilitate the application of team effectiveness approaches in implementation science. Main Text We define teams and provide an overview of key constructs in team effectiveness research. We describe ways to conceptualize different types of teams and team constructs relevant to implementation within the EPIS framework. Three case examples illustrate the application of EPIS to implementation studies involving teams. Within each study, we describe the structure of the team and how team constructs influenced implementation processes and outcomes. Conclusions Integrating teams and team constructs into the EPIS framework demonstrates how TMFs can be applied to advance our understanding of teams and implementation. Implementation strategies that target team effectiveness may improve implementation outcomes in team-based settings. Incorporation of teams into implementation TMFs is necessary to facilitate application of team effectiveness research in implementation science. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-506fdab289c34376b17e43f5e543d2bc2023-07-28T08:33:19ZengSAGE PublishingImplementation Research and Practice2633-48952023-07-01410.1177/26334895231190855Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) frameworkElizabeth A. McGuier0David J. Kolko1Nicole A. Stadnick2Lauren Brookman-Frazee3Courtney Benjamin Wolk4Christina T. Yuan5C. Shawn Burke6Gregory A. Aarons7 Department of Psychiatry, , Pittsburgh, PA, USA Department of Psychiatry, , Pittsburgh, PA, USA , San Diego, CA, USA , San Diego, CA, USA Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, , Philadelphia, PA, USA Department of Health Policy and Management, , Baltimore, MD, USA Institute for Simulation and Training, School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training, , Orlando, FL, USA , San Diego, CA, USABackground Effective teams are essential to high-quality healthcare. However, teams, team-level constructs, and team effectiveness strategies are poorly delineated in implementation science theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs), hindering our understanding of how teams may influence implementation. The Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework is a flexible and accommodating framework that can facilitate the application of team effectiveness approaches in implementation science. Main Text We define teams and provide an overview of key constructs in team effectiveness research. We describe ways to conceptualize different types of teams and team constructs relevant to implementation within the EPIS framework. Three case examples illustrate the application of EPIS to implementation studies involving teams. Within each study, we describe the structure of the team and how team constructs influenced implementation processes and outcomes. Conclusions Integrating teams and team constructs into the EPIS framework demonstrates how TMFs can be applied to advance our understanding of teams and implementation. Implementation strategies that target team effectiveness may improve implementation outcomes in team-based settings. Incorporation of teams into implementation TMFs is necessary to facilitate application of team effectiveness research in implementation science.https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895231190855 |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth A. McGuier David J. Kolko Nicole A. Stadnick Lauren Brookman-Frazee Courtney Benjamin Wolk Christina T. Yuan C. Shawn Burke Gregory A. Aarons Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework Implementation Research and Practice |
| title | Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework |
| title_full | Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework |
| title_fullStr | Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework |
| title_short | Advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science: An application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework |
| title_sort | advancing research on teams and team effectiveness in implementation science an application of the exploration preparation implementation sustainment epis framework |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895231190855 |
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