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## Background Implementing clinical training in a complex health care system is challenging. This report describes two successive trainings programs in one Veterans Affairs healthcare network and the lessons we drew from their success and failures. The first training experience led us to appreciate the value of careful implementation planning while the second suggested that use of an external facilitator might be an especially effective implementation component. We also describe a third training intervention in which we expect to more rigorously test our hypothesis regarding the value of external facilitation. ## Results Our experiences appear to be consonant with the implementation model proposed by Fixsen. In this paper we offer a modified version of the Fixsen model with separate components related to training and implementation. ## Conclusion This report further reinforces what others have noted, namely that educational interventions intended to change clinical practice should employ a multilevel approach if patients are to truly benefit from new skills gained by clinicians. We utilize an implementation research model to illustrate how the aims of the second intervention were r

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Author

Greer Sullivan; Dean Blevins; Michael R Kauth

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1748-5908)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)