Building a Bridge or Digging a Pipeline? Clinical Data Mining in Evidence-Informed Knowledge Building

Epstein, Irwin

doi:10.1177/1049731514536475

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“…Each stage of the metamorphosis from research instrument to practice tool involved collaboration, so it serves as a useful case study for bringing research and practice closer together. 'Bridging the gap' is a popular metaphor for improving the link between research and practice, but some attempts to do so have been criticised for being more akin to "digging a pipeline" (Epstein, 2015;pp. 499).…”

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Direct observation in practice: co-developing an evidence-informed practice tool to assess social work communication

Westlake

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McDonnell

2020

JCS

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Purpose This paper presents findings from a project that aimed to support social work managers to observe, evaluate and give feedback on social work practice skills. Design/methodology/approach An embedded team of researchers observed over 300 meetings between parents and social workers and gave feedback based on an established research instrument that facilitated quantitative coding of individual skills such as empathy and purposefulness. Then managers took on this task to sustain ongoing feedback on practice skills beyond the timescale of the project. Findings A practice tool was successfully developed to take the place of the research instrument and aid managers in these observations, and it was implemented across a range of social work settings. The tool was used in a variety of ways by different managers which highlighted a range of views on what constitutes good practice. This raises questions about how far authorities can (or should) expect to achieve a consensus about the type of practice they want to deliver. Research limitations/implications The value of this project is primarily pragmatic, in that it shows the potential for using research to develop practice tools collaboratively. However, in doing so, it brings into focus key questions around the nature of good practice. Practical implications This paper presents a practice tool, based on an established research instrument that was co-developed with senior managers. It is an aid for observation that practitioners and managers can use to support practice development. Originality/value Few research studies have worked so closely with practice managers to develop a tool that can be used to support practice. The paper also highlights the crucial and neglected role of observation in practice development.

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Section: 'Bridging the Gap'mentioning

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Direct observation in practice: co-developing an evidence-informed practice tool to assess social work communication

Westlake

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McDonnell

2020

JCS

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“…En este contexto, emergen perspectivas que privilegian aproximaciones inductivas basadas en la práctica (Ku y Ma, 2015); rechazan los ensayos aleatorios controlados como única forma de construcción de evidencia válida (Webber, 2014); favorecen estrategias de investigación cualitativas y cuantitativas, orientadas por procesos heurísticos que no se rijan por la estandarización de instrumentos y escalas (Dominelli, 2015); proponen una investigación formativa, más que acumulativa, dirigida por los protagonistas de los procesos de intervención (Smith, 2014). Este movimiento en la postura epistemológica para investigar la intervención es denominado investigación basada en la práctica (Practice-based research-PBR), y pretende relativizar la reificación de la evidencia, a través de la propuesta de una práctica informada en evidencia (Evidence informed practice-EIP), pero no basada exclusivamente en ella (Auslander y Rosenne, 2016;Austin e Isokuortti, 2016;Epstein, 2009Epstein, , 2011Epstein, , 2014Epstein, , 2016Epstein et al, 2015;Fouché y Bartley, 2016;Julkunen y Uggerhoj, 2016;Natland, Weissinger, Graaf y Carnochan, 2016;Rawles, 2016;Satka, Kääriäinen y Yliruka, 2016). Estos argumentos abogan por una concepción de las prácticas de intervención más cercana al arte que a las ciencias.…”

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Social Intervention as Study Object: Discourses, practices, problems and proposals

Camacho

Valencia

2018

ATHENEAD

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La investigación de la intervención es un campo transdisciplinar en el que participan ciencias sociales, humanas y de la salud. Estos estudios construyen evidencia acerca de las prácticas de intervención para tomar decisiones sobre su implementación. Los enfoques y métodos utilizados varían de acuerdo con el paradigma científico en el que se inscriben los investigadores. Por ello, en este artículo presentamos una revisión crítica de publicaciones científicas que asumen la intervención social como objeto de reflexión. Analizamos 70 documentos publicados en revistas científicas entre 2007 y 2016, rastreando temas emergentes, identificando regularidades, rupturas, conclusiones y asuntos por discutir. Entre los resultados se destaca que la intervención social ha sido una estrategia para abordar los problemas sociales desde finales del siglo XIX hasta hoy, en su desarrollo, las prácticas de intervención social configuran escenarios de relación en los que confluyen diferentes discursos, que inciden en formas de gubernamentalidad y subjetivación. Palabras claveIntervención social Investigación de la intervención Conocimiento situado Gubernamentalidad Abstract Keywords Social intervention Intervention research Situated Knowledge Governmentality

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“…These approaches have advanced the evidence-base of social work practice, but have tended to rely on “a unidirectional flow from research to practice” without a clear understanding of how the context and realities of practice shape the use of research in practice settings and how the generation of practice-base evidence can help integrate research and practice (Epstein, 2015, p. 499). Implementation science can advance social work’s effort to bring research and practice closer together since this emerging field focuses on understanding the processes and factors that influence the integration and use of research and empirically-supported interventions and policies into practice across multiple service sectors relevant to social work (e.g., health and mental health care systems, child welfare, schools, social services) (Proctor et al, 2009).…”

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Implementation Science: Why It Matters for the Future of Social Work

Cabassa¹

2016

Journal of Social Work Education

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Bridging the gap between research and practice is a critical frontier for the future of social work. Integrating implementation science into social work can advance our profession’s effort to bring research and practice closer together. Implementation science examines the factors, processes, and strategies that influence the uptake, use, and sustainability of empirically-supported interventions, practice innovations, and social policies in routine practice settings. The aims of this paper are to describe the key characteristics of implementation science, illustrate how implementation science matters to social work by describing several contributions this field can make to reducing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care, and outline a training agenda to help integrate implementation science in graduate-level social work programs.

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Building a Bridge or Digging a Pipeline? Clinical Data Mining in Evidence-Informed Knowledge Building

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

Direct observation in practice: co-developing an evidence-informed practice tool to assess social work communication

Direct observation in practice: co-developing an evidence-informed practice tool to assess social work communication

Social Intervention as Study Object: Discourses, practices, problems and proposals

Implementation Science: Why It Matters for the Future of Social Work

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