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Table 2 Integration of Family Planning Elevated (FPE) simulation trainings with the RE-AIM implementation framework

From: Facility-based simulation as a programmatic tool for implementing a statewide contraceptive initiative

Dimension and Project Specific Definition

Question Answered

Assessed through

Reach

Number, percentage, and representativeness of those who participated in the simulation trainings

• Did the simulation trainings reach those who implement the FPE program at the different clinics?

• Attendance logs

• Participant demographics

• Pre/Post-simulation surveys

Effectiveness

Intervention effects on targeted outcomes

• Did the simulation training identify the degree of clinical compliance to key components of FPE?

• Did the simulation trainings change participant knowledge/self-efficacy?

• Simulation video checklist coding

• Pre/Post-simulation surveys

Adoption

Acceptability of the intervention to the target population

• Did clinic participants feel the simulation trainings were a good use of their time?

• Post-simulation surveys

Implementation

The extent to which the simulation was consistently implemented across sites

• Were the simulation trainings changed/adapted over time?

• Field notes

Maintenance

The extent to which the simulation training impacted programmatic and clinic organizational implementation

• Did the clinics implement FPE differently following the intervention?

• Did FPE change programmatically based on information obtained in the simulations

• Action planning

• Monitoring data