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So what does this look like in practice?
There are five major active implementation science frameworks that practitioners use when studying this field. Usable Innovations: This framework asks four basic questions: Is there a clear description of the program? Are there clear essential functions that define the program? Are there operational definitions of essential functions of the program? Does this program have a practical performance assessment? Stages: A stage-based approach to implementation allows for intentional planning and execution of those plans. Exploration, Installation, Initial Implementation and Full Implementation Stages are all designed to support the integrity and sustainability of your program. Drivers: Drivers do just that: they drive a program or practice to its intended result. Referred to as competency and organization drivers, they ensure an acquisition of skills, help structure organizational support, and promote proactive leadership. Teams: Implementation Teams require members with specific knowledge, skills, and abilities, including a general belief in the program or practice. Teams are also responsible for planning, securing resources, and seeing a program through from beginning to end. Improvement Cycles: While this can be commonly referred to as the way a team does things, it is also referred to in implementation science as the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle. Applying and integrating these five frameworks often looks deceptively easy, but proves much more challenging in practice! Thankfully, we have a roadmap of these frameworks on this quick reference one pager.
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