Pilot Marshal Project
The Pilot Marshal Project aims to support researchers as they implement Pilot Projects within unique and complex environments.
Interventions that are found to be effective on an individual scale, or within a specific context, often fail when implemented in a separate context.
Using the SUPPORT-Dialysis Pilot Project as a case study, we will identify key barriers and facilitators to Pilot Project implementation. Based on these findings, we will develop a Process Model to help guide the process of translating research into practice.
Background
In April 2023, the SUPPORT-Dialysis pilot study was launched at Toronto General Hospital. The study aims to determine the feasibility of using an electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) assessment and response toolkit to improve symptom and distress screening and management support for patients on dialysis.
One month after the launch of the SUPPORT-Dialysis pilot study, it was found that several patients flagged as needing symptom management support were not referred for additional symptom care support by their nephrology clinicians. When translating research from the lab to the bedside or across different patient populations, many issues arise during the initial implementation of clinical trials or pilot projects.
The capstone project aims to use the SUPPORT-Dialysis pilot as a case study to determine and address the barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of pilot projects.
Project team
- Owen Jones
- Sara Macanovic
TRP supervisors
Project advisory committee
- Dr. Karen Born, Assistant Professor (teaching stream) and program director of the MHSc in Health Administration in The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME)
- Dr. Sonia Rodriguez-Ramirez, Transplant nephrologist, UHN
- Dr. Katherine Rud, SSHRC-funded Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social Work, University of Windsor
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