NIHR/MRC Framework for Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions

Dates

Wednesday 27 August – Friday 29 August (3 days) (9:00 – 16:00)

After attending this workshop, the participants will be able to

▶Have an awareness of the challenges and limitations of complex intervention research
▶Understand how to approach complex intervention research & the key overarching considerations.
▶Begin to see how you can apply the framework to your own complex intervention research.
▶Understand what resources/steps to use in developing a complex intervention
▶Know how to take forward an ‘identified’ intervention
▶Know how to develop a programme theory and make use of it throughout the research process
▶Understand what feasibility studies are and why they are important
▶Have learned how to approach designing a feasibility study
▶Understand how feasibility study findings can inform decision about next steps
▶Have some understanding of how to choose between evaluation approaches
▶Have an understanding of key methods/different types of economic evaluation
▶Be aware of framework checklist and how it can be applied
▶Understand the importance of considering Implementation throughout the phases of the framework and specifically at the Implementation Phase
▶Be aware of research questions and methods particularly relevant to a systems perspective.

Target audience

This course is for anyone interested in developing, evaluating and implementing interventions with the intention of positive health and/or social change. This could be academic or other researchers, practitioners, or others interested in implementing the best process for their intervention development or evaluation. Participants should have some familiarity with the framework for developing and evaluating interventions, and some experience of working with complex interventions.

Language

English

No. of participants

Max 20

Course leaders

Professor Laurence Moore and Professor Sharon Simpson, University of Glasgow, co-authors of the NIHR/MRC Framework for Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions

ECTS-point

1 point