Implementation Science in Public Health: bridging the gap between research and “real world” implementation

Dates

6 - 10 October 2025

Dedicació

Part-time

Horari

16:00 - 18:00h CET

Modalitat

Online - synchronous

Llengua

English

Durada

5 days (2 hours per day, 10 hours total)

REGISTRATION CLOSED (this course has reached maximum enrollment)

This online course offers an introduction to Implementation Science and its main goals, methodologies and approaches, using real case studies.

Learning objectives

Upon completing the course, students should be able to:

• Define ​Implementation Science (ImpSci)
• Identify implementation barriers and facilitators that prevent or enable the optimal impact of evidence-based public health interventions and understand how these factors vary depending on the context
• Define research questions that provide key insights on how to overcome the implementation challenges
• Understand the different designs, frameworks and analytical methods used in ImpSci to address the research questions
• Identify relevant stakeholders
• Describe how knowledge is translated into sustainable solutions through stakeholder involvement and policy changes

Coordinators

Caterina Guinovart and Laura de la Fuente

Requirements and application

The course is open to postgraduate and Master's students, doctoral candidates and researchers, or other professionals interested in Global Health.

Candidates must have:

• A Bachelor's (undergraduate) or Master's (postgraduate) degree in epidemiology, public health, global health, environmental sciences, biostatistics, biomedicine, or a related discipline, And
• An advanced level of English.

Interested candidates should complete the application form (attaching a current C.V.).

Application deadline: Regisration for this course has been closed as it is at maximum enrollment.

Fees

This activity is offered free of charge to all participants thanks to support from our Centre of Excellence Severo Ochoa Programme, grant CEX2023-001290-S funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033.