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Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture
BACKGROUND: With growing recognition of the importance of research in allied healthcare, the new Health Education England (HEE) research strategy articulates a need to transform Allied Health Professional (AHP) identities, culture and roles. An understanding of current AHP research capacity and cult...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9420271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36030236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08465-6 |
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author | Comer, Christine Collings, Richard McCracken, Alison Payne, Carol Moore, Ann |
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description | BACKGROUND: With growing recognition of the importance of research in allied healthcare, the new Health Education England (HEE) research strategy articulates a need to transform Allied Health Professional (AHP) identities, culture and roles. An understanding of current AHP research capacity and culture is first required. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey targeted AHPs working in NHS health and social care settings across the United Kingdom. The validated Research Capacity and Culture tool was modified and distributed through research and professional networks. Aggregate median scores for perceived research success were categorised as adequate, more than, or less than adequate. RESULTS: Of 3344 participants, 3145 identified as HEE-defined AHPs. Individual- and organisation-level research success was perceived as adequate (median scores 4 (IQR 2 to 6); 4 (IQR 2 to 7) respectively). Team-level research success was rated less than adequate (median score 2 (IQR 1–5)). CONCLUSIONS: In the UK, AHPs working in NHS health and social care perceive individual and organisational level research skill/success to be adequate. In contrast, inadequacies in research skill/support at team level were exposed, which may hinder successful integration of allied health research into everyday health and social care practice. Recommendations are made with reference to the HEE AHP research strategy. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-022-08465-6. |
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spelling | pubmed-94202712022-08-29 Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture Comer, Christine Collings, Richard McCracken, Alison Payne, Carol Moore, Ann BMC Health Serv Res Research BACKGROUND: With growing recognition of the importance of research in allied healthcare, the new Health Education England (HEE) research strategy articulates a need to transform Allied Health Professional (AHP) identities, culture and roles. An understanding of current AHP research capacity and culture is first required. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey targeted AHPs working in NHS health and social care settings across the United Kingdom. The validated Research Capacity and Culture tool was modified and distributed through research and professional networks. Aggregate median scores for perceived research success were categorised as adequate, more than, or less than adequate. RESULTS: Of 3344 participants, 3145 identified as HEE-defined AHPs. Individual- and organisation-level research success was perceived as adequate (median scores 4 (IQR 2 to 6); 4 (IQR 2 to 7) respectively). Team-level research success was rated less than adequate (median score 2 (IQR 1–5)). CONCLUSIONS: In the UK, AHPs working in NHS health and social care perceive individual and organisational level research skill/success to be adequate. In contrast, inadequacies in research skill/support at team level were exposed, which may hinder successful integration of allied health research into everyday health and social care practice. Recommendations are made with reference to the HEE AHP research strategy. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-022-08465-6. BioMed Central 2022-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9420271/ /pubmed/36030236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08465-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Comer, Christine Collings, Richard McCracken, Alison Payne, Carol Moore, Ann Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
title | Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
title_full | Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
title_fullStr | Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
title_full_unstemmed | Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
title_short | Allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the United Kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
title_sort | allied health professionals’ perceptions of research in the united kingdom national health service: a survey of research capacity and culture |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9420271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36030236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08465-6 |
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