JBI Evidence Implementation

The new name, new look journal has been launched with a refined scope for the September issue. The re-branded journal focuses on evidence implementation and includes aspects of context analysis, facilitation or evaluation from diverse methodological perspectives such as feasibility, appropriateness, meaningfulness and effectiveness (FAME).

Co-Editor-in-Chief Assoc Prof Craig Lockwood, explains the rationale for the refined scope: “JBIs model illustrates how systematic reviews provide evidence, but without knowledge translation and implementation, the findings of those reviews might never be accessed at the point of care by clinicians.” 

Content includes implementation case studies and papers that address the scholarship, science and practice of implementation/knowledge translation into policy and practice. 

“Having a journal that focuses on implementation means we can provide direct access to relevant implementation knowledge, strategies and topics, this journal will provide ‘low-hanging fruit’ for end users who want to read how others have implemented best practice, including the strategies that worked or failed and why they achieved the results that they did. As JBI Evidence Implementation grows it will become an increasingly valuable repository for those who want to study cases of implementation, or for those who want to know what key topics are ‘hot topics’ in clinical practice,” says Assoc Prof Lockwood. 

Most implementation related journals focus on theory and complex interventions. However, clinical practice is theory informed, and the majority of those delivering healthcare know the complexity of their own work environments; the journal knowledge gap is for work that does not make implementation harder or more complex for clinicians. 

Most health services, organisations and units are familiar with quality improvement methods as ways of changing structures, processes or outcomes associate with care delivery. JBI Evidence Implementation will focus on small scale, rapid change processes such as audit and feedback, which are strategies that increase the accessibility of practice change projects to the widest range of clinicians.

“We can all be involved in an evidence-based audit project, we are used to delivering care in teams, therefore team work and practice change and clinical leadership are familiar; it’s the opportunity to see this kind of small scale, rapid cycle change as a legitimate implementation strategy and point of inquiry for further scholarship that sets JBI Evidence Implementation apart”, says Assoc Prof Lockwood.

A key appointment has been an editorial board position for social media and knowledge translation. Alex Mignone brings considerable skill and expertise in knowledge translation, enabling the Journal to provide a platform for meaningful engagement. Assoc Prof Lockwood explains: “We want to enable end users in their growth and development, to create opportunities to learn by participating in collective experiences with authors and contributors. We want JBI Evidence Implementation to be a place for meaningful engagement and knowledge transfer, hence the appointment (for the first time) of an editor who specialises in derivative content. This means we can add videos, podcasts, blogs and spaces for authors and readers to comment, for students to add value to their learning (or at least have easy access to material that will help their studies!) and for increasing the impact and accessibility of as much content as possible. It’s an ambitious goal, but as the September 2020 issue demonstrates, we are already making excellent progress with knowledge translation. It is work we are justifiably proud of.”

Go to the September issue of JBI Evidence Implementation