Table 1 NMAHPP Research impact capture framework
Framework element | Reason for inclusion | Link with existing research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical background | Monitor research engagement and access to research opportunities for all NMAHPP disciplines and settings, and across clinical grades Record career aspirations Enable comparison of all impacts across disciplines or settings, where relevant | Visibility and accessibility of clinical academic opportunities and career pathways [13, 17, 19, 20, 26, 27, 32, 34, 36] |
| Research and service improvement activities | Identify the breadth of research and other service improvement activities, and how research-active NMAHPPs guide service improvement Record how these activities were combined with clinical roles | Balancing clinical and academic roles [13, 19, 20, 26, 32, 36] |
| Research capacity building | Identify activities that support others to engage with research, and the outputs of this research engagement | Improvements in approach to patient care [27] Development of research culture and capabilities [19, 27, 32,33,34,35] |
| Research into practice | Identify translation of individual research findings into practice, including the geographical reach of changes to practice | Creation and implementation of new evidence [26] Connecting health research with healthcare [28] |
| Patients and service users | Record the nature and scope of patient and service user involvement and the influence of this on the research processes and outcomes Record how study findings are communicated with participants and other contributors | Optimising research experiences for participants [28] Improving patient care [38] |
| Research dissemination | Record research dissemination methods, including non-traditional formats Identify the potential reach of these dissemination activities | |
| Economics and research funding | Record new research funding applications and successes Identify the financial and reputational value | |
| Collaborations | Record new research collaborations and other networks, including the wider clinical and research teams involved | |
