340.716.11
Implementation Science Concepts, Methods & Study Designs

Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Stefan Baral
Sheree Schwartz
Christopher Kemp
Contact Name
Ayesha Khan
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Implementation science is an emerging, multidisciplinary field seeking to translate evidence based interventions and practice into meaningful population impact. Interested in implementation science but not quite sure how exactly it differs from clinical effectiveness research or public health practice? This course will help you to formulate implementation science questions, outcomes and study designs.
Digs into how to conceptualize implementation science questions, define implementation outcomes, and leverage frameworks and designs to achieve public health impact.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Articulate what implementation science is and how to formulate implementation research questions
  2. Differentiate between determinant, process and evaluative implementation frameworks and models and understand when to apply them
  3. Identify how to select and specify an implementation strategy
  4. Describe implementation outcomes and measures
  5. Identify basic study designs and considerations in implementation research
  6. Consider the role of community priorities and best practices for community engagement in implementation research
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 30% Assignments
  • 20% Lab Assignments
  • 15% Quizzes
  • 10% Discussion
  • 25% Final Presentation
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Students taking this course should not enroll in 330.650.81 Methods in Implementation Science
This is a hybrid course with both a synchronous online section (340.716.11) and an in-person section (340.716.49). Please choose the course format you need (either online or in-person) when registering in SIS.