Exploring the Use
and Application of
Implementation Science
in Health Professions
Education

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Patricia A. Cuff and
Erin Hammers Forstag, Rapporteurs

Global Forum on Innovation in
Health Professional Education

Board on Global Health

Health and Medicine Division

Proceedings of a Workshop

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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON EXPLORING THE USE AND APPLICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION¹

TOBY BROOKS (Cochair), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

NASREEN JESSANI (Cochair), Stellenbosch University

DARRIN D’AGOSTINO (Vice chair), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

ZOHRAY TALIB (Vice chair), California University of Science and Medicine

NICOLE ANSELME, Strategic Healthcare Programs, LLC

KIM DUNLEAVY, University of Florida Department of Physical Therapy

ERIC HOLMBOE, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

SHAWNA HUDSON, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

KATHY KOLASA, East Carolina University

LORETTA NUNEZ, American Speech–Language–Hearing Association

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Contents

1Introduction

2Understanding Implementation Science

3Building a Stronger Learning Health Professions Education System with Implementation Science

4Applying Implementation Science Concepts to Case Studies

5Reflections and Looking Forward

APPENDIXES

AReferences

BMembers of the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education

CWorkshop Agenda

DPlanning Committee and Speaker Biographies

EWorkshop Materials

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