LIST OF PANELS

Despite a significant body of work, scholarship on policy implementation still remains underdeveloped and disjointed, particularly when it comes to bridging the gap between theory and practice. This panel will try to address that gap by marrying theoretical developments in implementation scholarship with work focused on practical issues faced by healthcare professionals trying to build collaborative relationships with colleagues. This panel will be split into two parts: The first part will focus on recent theoretical developments. Specifically, the contributions of the Multiple Streams Framework in helping to expand and develop theoretical insights into implementation and create explicit connections to democratic governance. The second part will focus on interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in healthcare as a case example of the practical issues that occur during policy implementation. Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare is a type of professional interaction characterized by mutual goals and values, aligned responsibilities, distributed power, shared decision-making, effective communication, and interdependent roles with a shared identity. The enactment of policies, procedures, processes, and practices that support a collaborative work environment has been identified as a facilitator. The development of IPC implies a dynamic way to organize healthcare in a more contextualized and person-centered way, focused on responding to people's needs.

The objective of this panel is to pull together scholars working on policy implementation and discuss how to better bridge the gap between theoretical and practical work in this area, and how they can cross-pollinate to create a more robust understanding of the issues occurring during policy implementation. Additionally, this panel will expose other scholars to the work going on in this area and provide some guidance on how to join the conversation.

Research question(s): 

·      How do new theoretical models help to expand our understanding of policy implementation? 

·      What theoretical and practical insights can these provide to strengthen and improve implementation processes?

How do the practical issues that occur in interprofessional collaboration in healthcare challenge or contribute to theories of policy implementation

Scientific relevance

The key point of relevance is using state-of-the-art policy implementation theories to contribute to practical guidance for policy implementation that is otherwise lacking in recent scholarship. By taking a two-part approach, we hope to place a theoretical focus in the context of practical issues of healthcare and in this way, the panel will explore and expose the gaps between theory and practice.

Despite a significant body of work, scholarship on policy implementation still remains underdeveloped and disjointed, particularly when it comes to bridging the gap between theory and practice. This panel will try to address that gap by marrying theoretical developments in implementation scholarship with work focused on practical issues faced by healthcare professionals trying to build collaborative relationships with colleagues. This panel will be split into two parts: The first part will focus on recent theoretical developments. Specifically, the contributions of the Multiple Streams Framework in helping to expand and develop theoretical insights into implementation and create explicit connections to democratic governance. The second part will focus on interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in healthcare as a case example of the practical issues that occur during policy implementation. Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare is a type of professional interaction characterized by mutual goals and values, aligned responsibilities, distributed power, shared decision-making, effective communication, and interdependent roles with a shared identity. The enactment of policies, procedures, processes, and practices that support a collaborative work environment has been identified as a facilitator. The development of IPC implies a dynamic way to organize healthcare in a more contextualized and person-centered way, focused on responding to people's needs.

The objective of this panel is to pull together scholars working on policy implementation and discuss how to better bridge the gap between theoretical and practical work in this area, and how they can cross-pollinate to create a more robust understanding of the issues occurring during policy implementation. Additionally, this panel will expose other scholars to the work going on in this area and provide some guidance on how to join the conversation.

Research question(s): 

·      How do new theoretical models help to expand our understanding of policy implementation? 

·      What theoretical and practical insights can these provide to strengthen and improve implementation processes?

How do the practical issues that occur in interprofessional collaboration in healthcare challenge or contribute to theories of policy implementation

Scientific relevance

The key point of relevance is using state-of-the-art policy implementation theories to contribute to practical guidance for policy implementation that is otherwise lacking in recent scholarship. By taking a two-part approach, we hope to place a theoretical focus in the context of practical issues of healthcare and in this way, the panel will explore and expose the gaps between theory and practice.