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Certificate Program: Best Practices for Integrating Health Equity into ePCTs for Dementia Care1/18/2024Training Core; Health Care Systems Core; Health Equity Team; Implementation Core; Leadership Team; Patient and Caregiver Relevant Outcomes Core; Pilot Studies Core; Technical Data Core
The Best Practices for Integrating Health Equity certificate program is a free online video-based training curriculum for learners interested in addressing health equity considerations when designing and conducting embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) for people living with dementia and care partners.  The full curriculum is available at no cost, with a free, one-time registration on the IMPACT Learning Library.
Partnering with Social Service Staff to Implement Pragmatic Clinical Trials: An Interim Analysis of Implementation Strategies11/17/2023Training Core
(Article) Active partnerships with staff members are often critical to pragmatic trial implementation, but rarely do research teams track and evaluate the specific “implementation strategies” used to support staff’s involvement in trial procedures.  In response to this gap, investigators adapted implementation science methodologies and conducted an interim analysis of the strategies deployed with social service staff involved in one multi-site pragmatic clinical trial.
Grant Writing for ePCTs (Video)4/27/2021Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, the viewer should be able to select an NIH institute or center for your grant submission, know how to find an appropriate NIH program officer for your trial, evaluate a funding opportunity announcement, identify collaborators and health systems for your research team, and describe the key components of a strong research application.
Selecting Patient-Caregiver Relevant Outcomes for ePCTs in People Living with Dementia (Video)3/18/2021Patient and Caregiver Relevant Outcomes Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to review outcomes relevant and/or pragmatic for people living with dementia and their care partners and discuss how to select outcomes for AD/ADRD embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs).
When is it Appropriate to Alter or Waive Research Informed Consent in Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (Video)3/15/2021Ethics and Regulation Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to explain the regulatory requirements for a waiver or alteration of research informed consent and identify related ethical considerations and identify how a waiver of research informed consent can help make a study more pragmatic.
Disparities in Health, Services, and Interventions for PLWD and Family Caregivers (Video)1/19/2021Health Equity Team; Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to 1) explain the differences between health equity, social determinants of health, health disparities, healthcare disparities, 2) identify important disparities in healthcare for persons living with dementia that are pertinent to pragmatic trials, 3) understand disparities in evidence base for interventions, and 4) recognize how disparities and gaps in knowledge may impact pragmatic trials.
Building Stakeholder Engagement in Research on Care for People Living with Dementia and Their Families: How To Communicate Value of Research (Video)1/19/2021Stakeholder Engagement Team; Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to 1) explain the differences between health equity, social determinants of health, health disparities, healthcare disparities, 2) identify important disparities in healthcare for persons living with dementia that are pertinent to pragmatic trials, 3) understand disparities in evidence base for interventions, and 4) recognize how disparities and gaps in knowledge may impact pragmatic trials.
A Framework for Achieving Health Equity in Pragmatic Clinical Trials for People Living with Dementia and Care Partners (Video)1/13/2021Health Equity Team; Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to understand the meaning and importance of health equity in embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) and recognize common barriers to ePCT equity using the PRECIS-2 framework.
Using a Pilot to Define and Test your Measurement Strategy (Video)1/12/2021Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to explain how a pilot can be used to test your measurement strategy and detail the potential strengths and weaknesses of the available data sources for evaluating your pilot outcomes.
Learning Health Systems and How They Support ePCTs for People Living with Dementia (Video)1/5/2021Training Core; Health Care Systems Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to define what a learning healthcare system is and describe the activities involved in each phase of a learning health system to conduct an embedded pragmatic clinical trial of people living with dementia.
Informed and Surrogate Consent in ePCTs (Video)1/5/2021Training Core; Ethics and Regulation Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to explain what is informed consent for research and how to obtain it from a person living with dementia and know when and how to obtain informed consent from a surrogate.
When are Research Risks Reasonable & What is Minimal Risk (Video)12/11/2020Training Core; Ethics and Regulation Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to explain the ethical and regulatory responsibilities that researchers have to manage risks to study participants, describe considerations necessary to classify study participation as "minimal risk", and explain why the category of "minimal risk" is important for regulatory purposes.
Adapting Evidence for Implementation in Healthcare Settings and Testing in Embedded Pragmatic Trials (Video)12/8/2020Training Core; Implementation Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should understand why adapting an evidence-based practice or program is necessary, and identify key considerations and common adaptations.
Important Considerations for Research Partnerships with Healthcare Settings (Video)11/2/2020Training Core; Health Care Systems Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to implement strategies to forge and maintain successful relationships with health care settings.
Health System Data Sources for Dementia Care ePCTs (Video)11/2/2020Technical Data Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should understand healthcare generated data use within pragmatic trials involving people living with dementia and learn the sources of data and their potential strengths and challenges.
When is Your Intervention Ready to Pilot for an ePCT? (Video)9/30/2020Training Core; Pilot Studies Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to define the nine domains of the RAPT framework for assessing the readiness of an intervention for testing and assess an intervention’s readiness to pilot test in an ePCT.
Introduction and Overview: What is an Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial? (Video)9/10/2020Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, users will know the Five Facts of Dementia to understand key learning objectives.
Engaging Stakeholders in Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Who, Why and When? (Video)9/10/2020Training Core; Stakeholder Engagement Team
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers will be able to identify the many different types of stakeholders that may be valuable, and understand how to select the most important stakeholders to engage for a particular study.
Implementing Evidence in Healthcare Settings: Key Considerations (Video)9/9/2020Implementation Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers will learn frameworks and strategies for guiding implementation of evidence within healthcare settings and key threats.
Overview of Statistical Considerations for Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials in People Living with Dementia (Video)8/25/2020Training Core; Design and Statistics Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to name statistical considerations when designing embedded pragmatic clinical trials in people living with dementia and their caregivers, and list design considerations.
What are Patient & Caregiver Reported Outcomes? (Video)8/19/2020Training Core; Patient and Caregiver Relevant Outcomes Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers should be able to describe the domains of Patient & Caregiver Reported Outcomes and list factors to consider in the selection and use of the PCROs in pragmatic clinical trials for people living with dementia and their care partners.
An Overview of Dementia (Video)8/14/2020Training Core
(Video) A course in the IMPACT Collaboratory online learning library. Upon completion, viewers will be able to understand the clinical context of medical and social care for people livng with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners, and understand why embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) among PLWD and their care partners merit special focus.




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