Innovation in Research and Knowledge Exchange Clémence Dallaire, RN, full professor Faculté des sciences infirmières Université Laval

Innovation

Innovation : plan  Definition  3 projects: FERASI, GRIISIQ, CIFI and RRISI  How innovative ?

Innovation  Innovation:  making new things  ability to perform creative solutions in order to enhance people’s life Ramadani and Gerguri (2011 So, it’s bringing ideas to life and not coming up with ideas

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FERASI Faculté sciences infirmières, U. de Montréal Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université Laval École des sciences infirmières, U. de Sherbrooke School of Nursing, U. McGill three pole of activities : planification of nursing workforce analysis of policies related to nursing administration organization of nursing services and informatisation Knowledge Transfert

Three doctoral seminars offered : 1.Organisation of nursing services and nursing care; (U. de Mtl) 2.Policies related to nursing administration; (U. Laval) 3.Nursing workforce determinants (McGill) Dissemination Decision-makers involved in the seminars Student’s papers: activity of knowledge transfert placement

Innovation Consortium of 3 and later 4 U Pan-canadian network Focus on nursing administration Capacity building Partnership with decision-maker ($$) Knowledge transfert Strudent placement in nursing administration CHSRF, CIHR, FRSQ, decision-makers, universities

Centre d’innovation en formation infirmière Center for innovation in nursing education To elaborate, to assess and to disseminate innovation in teaching and learning of best practices for all level of education including continuing education Développer, évaluer et diffuser des innovations pour l’enseignement et l’apprentissage des meilleures pratiques de soins, à tous les niveaux de formation, incluant la formation continue.

innovation Innovation in teaching and learning Focus on competencies and competencies development Researchers from different universities Private fundings and grant (CIHR), universities funding

the Quebec Interuniversity Nursing Intervention Research Group GRIISIQ was created in recognition of major transformations in the healthcare system that require innovative changes in nursing-care practices in order to meet the increasingly complex health needs of the public. Create and consolidate a critical mass of nurse scientists interested in the effectiveness and efficiency of nursing interventions in Canada's healthcare system; Develop and evaluate innovative nursing interventions in partnership with the clinical arena; Generate evidence-based knowledge in the area of innovative nursing interventions; Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and promote evidence-based nursing practices.

the Quebec Interuniversity Nursing Intervention Research Group 1.Development of interventions 2.Evaluation of interventions 3.Knowlegde transfert and application 4.Research methodologies

Innovation  Started with private funding (donation)  Partenership with provincial funding agency (FRSQ)  Adopted scientific criteria from FRSQ  Focus on intervention and patient’s results  Consortium of universities  Researchers from two universities /projects

The three are innovative ?

RRISI

CADRE CONCEPTUEL RÉSEAU DE RECHERCHE EN INTERVENTIONS EN SCIENCES INFIRMIÈRES JUIN 2011

Interventions in the three domains  A clinical nursing intervention refers to an action, a set of actions or a program within the scope of professional nursing practice which is provided to patients, families, groups or populations.  Intervention in management and organization of services in nursing refers to a set of activities which may relate to organizational models, attracting nursing strategies, deployment and utilization of material and human resources dedicated to care, new forms of work organization for health care providers, the introduction and use of information technology and communications, changes in the work environment of health care providers, the development and measures for assessing the quality and performance, the implementation of organizational practices to support the management and delivery of nursing services.  An intervention in nursing education refers to any activity or educational program, including a strategy, a pattern or practice of learning, teaching or nursing assessment, conducted among nurses and nursing students.

How those innovation were possible? Innovation starts with analysis of opportunities disagreements in the process, requirements of the process New knowledgeCIFI unexpected changes (in industry or market)CHSRF : FERASI GRISIIQ : Private donor  FQR-S Focus on competencies CIFI: Fondation Newton and other sources Structure demographic changesAll three changes in perceptionFERASI, network GRIISIQ/FERASI/CIFI importanceCIFI (Drucker, 1993)

Innovative results  Strategic talent management Collings et Mellahi (2009)  Capacity building in the three domains  new research network  Preservation of independant activities for FERASI and CIFI

Research Faculties of Nursing, Schools, researchers, students Grant, donation, changes in health care Collaboration from all levels Collegial Nursing community, Health care system, research community

Conclusion Great legacy of  new researchers  university professors,  numerous activities of knowledge transfert,  collaboration between 4 universities,  long commitment over a decade