The aim of this blogsite was to provide us (the research team) with a
way of engaging with people who might be interested in our research project
from the start. It will also play a major role in helping us disseminate the
final results: but we have a bit to go yet.
The main ‘output’ of our work will be an NIHR HTA report. This report contains details of
everything we have done, including the methods, the results and our conclusions
from the systematic review, the patient interviews and the survey of health
professionals. We then take an overall
view of the results and interpret what we have found in a concluding discussion
section and consider what the implications might be for clinical practice and
for further research.
The report than has a considerable journey of its own: the draft we
have just finished has gone out to our Advisory
group members for their comments and suggestions. We then address any
issues they raise, before submitting the report to our funders, NIHR HTA programme. They have
a team of editors who check the report and send it out to some external,
independent experts for peer review. This means every aspect of the report will
be examined to ensure that we have done everything we agreed to do when granted
the funding, that we presented our methods and results clearly and precisely,
and that our discussion and implications sections are appropriate and supported
by the work we have done. The comments
of the peer reviewers will be sent to us and addressed before the report is
finally returned to NIHR HTA programme to be published in the NIHR Journals Library.
While the report is out for peer review, we will be working on other
dissemination outputs. This includes drafting a summary report, a number of
blog posts and some academic journal papers. Once the peer comments have been
addressed and any necessary changes also made to these other outputs, we will
be able to make the findings available. All these other formats will aim to
present the essence of the full report in brief and in lay language so everyone
understands the findings and implications.
Thanks for your patience, be assured that we will make sure you get to
know the findings as soon as possible – just watch this space!
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