Methodology for the development of a canadian national EMS research agenda

被引：12

作者：

Jensen J.L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Blanchard I.E. ^{[3
]}

Bigham B.L. ^{[4
]}

Dainty K.N. ^{[4
]}

Socha D. ^{[5
]}

Carter A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Brown L.H. ^{[6
]}

Craig A.M. ^{[7
]}

Travers A.H. ^{[1
,2
]}

Brown R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Cain E. ^{[2
]}

Morrison L.J. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Emergency Health Services, Dartmouth, NS, B3B2B2, 239 Brownlow Avenue

[2] Dalhousie University Division of EMS, Halifax, NS

[3] Alberta Health Services, Emergency Medical Services, Calgary, AB

[4] Rescu, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

[5] Hastings-Quinte EMS, Hastings County, ON

[6] James Cook University, Queenland

[7] Toronto Emergency Medical Services, Toronto, ON

来源：

BMC Emergency Medicine | / 11卷 / 1期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院; 加拿大健康研究院;

关键词：

Emergency Medical Service; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Method Study; Delphi Survey; Emergency Medical Service System;

D O I：

10.1186/1471-227X-11-15

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摘要：

Background: Many health care disciplines use evidence-based decision making to improve patient care and system performance. While the amount and quality of emergency medical services (EMS) research in Canada has increased over the past two decades, there has not been a unified national plan to enable research, ensure efficient use of research resources, guide funding decisions and build capacity in EMS research. Other countries have used research agendas to identify barriers and opportunities in EMS research and define national research priorities. The objective of this project is to develop a national EMS research agenda for Canada that will: 1) explore what barriers to EMS research currently exist, 2) identify current strengths and opportunities that may be of benefit to advancing EMS research, 3) make recommendations to overcome barriers and capitalize on opportunities, and 4) identify national EMS research priorities.Methods/Design: Paramedics, educators, EMS managers, medical directors, researchers and other key stakeholders from across Canada will be purposefully recruited to participate in this mixed methods study, which consists of three phases: 1) qualitative interviews with a selection of the study participants, who will be asked about their experience and opinions about the four study objectives, 2) a facilitated roundtable discussion, in which all participants will explore and discuss the study objectives, and 3) an online Delphi consensus survey, in which all participants will be asked to score the importance of each topic discovered during the interviews and roundtable as they relate to the study objectives. Results will be analyzed to determine the level of consensus achieved for each topic.Discussion: A mixed methods approach will be used to address the four study objectives. We anticipate that the keys to success will be: 1) ensuring a representative sample of EMS stakeholders, 2) fostering an open and collaborative roundtable discussion, and 3) adhering to a predefined approach to measure consensus on each topic. Steps have been taken in the methodology to address each of these a priori concerns. © 2011 Jensen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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