Fundamentals

Our 2026-2027 Fundamentals Seminar Series will resume on September 9th, 2026.  Fundamentals will take place on the 2nd Wednesday of each month,12:00-1:00PM ET on Zoom.

September

Wednesday September 9, 2026 | 12:00 - 1:00PM ET (zoom)

Experimentally-Tested Implementation Strategies in Implementation Research


LauraEllen Ashcraft, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine | University of Pennsylvania
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Learning Objectives:
Define implementation strategies and their purpose in the field of implementation science.
Identify taxonomies of implementation strategies.
Articulate the benefits of considering the evidence-base for implementation strategies, including describing existing resources to appraise the evidence-base.
Recommended readings:
Powell, B.J., Waltz, T.J., Chinman, M.J. et al. A refined compilation of implementation strategies - results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change project. Implementation Sci 10, 21 (2015).
Ashcraft, L.E., Goodrich, D.E., Hero, J. et al. A systematic review of expeirmentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings - evidence from 2012 - 2022.Implementation Sci 19, 43 (2024).
Grimshaw, J.M., Eccles, M.P., Lavis, J.N. et al. Knowlege translation of research findings. Implementation Sci 7, 50 (2012).
Continuing education:
CE Credit

October

Join us for our second annual Dartmouth Implementation Science Symposium on Wednesday October 14, 2026

November

Wednesday November 11, 2026 | 12:00 - 1:00PM ET (zoom)

Practical Guidance on How to Conduct Implementation Cost Evaluations

Andria Eisman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Bursky School of Public Health | Washington University in St. Louis
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December

Wednesday December 9, 2026 | 12:00 - 1:00PM ET (zoom)

Optimizing Qualitative Methods in Implementation Research

Andrea Nevedal, PhD  Christopher Koenig, PhD 
Research Investigator & Senior Qualitative Methodologist Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Department of Veterans Affairs | Ann Arbor, MI San Francisco State University
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Our spring Fundamentals seminars (March - June), featured an in-depth series on Implementation Science Theories, Models, and Frameworks (TMFs). The aim of this series was to highlight practical application of TMFs in implementation research, with each session led by a creator or key proponent of the TMF.  View recorded sessions here.