Map2Adapt: A Roadmap to Plan for Adaptations

Pragmatic research answers the question, “Does it work in typical clinical care settings?” Ultimately, the goal of pragmatic research is to inform the implementation, spread, and scale of evidence in clinical settings to improve patient outcomes. There has been an increasing recognition that adaptations are the reality when implementing interventions in clinical settings. This change has been accompanied by a rapidly growing body of research on adaptations, which has accelerated in response to environmental demands from COVID-19. Unfortunately, this growing evidence base is not yet ready for use by the people responsible for leading change in organizations. In an effort to bridge this gap between the research on adaptations and the practice of adaptations in clinical settings, we developed a practical roadmap, Map2Adapt, to guide decision-making and planning for adaptations. Map2Adapt is a practical tool that highlights key concepts of adaptations and identifies strategies to systematically approach adaptations by applying existing literature that have exemplified ways to categorize and document adaptations in interventions, programs, or policies. Map2Adapt can be used collaboratively by pragmatic researchers and implementers to understand, plan for, track, and evaluate the impact of adaptations. This workshop will illustrate how pragmatic researchers, implementation scientists, and implementers can work collaboratively to better plan for adaptations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Provide concrete and practical guidance to bridge the gap between adaptations in research and adaptations in practice
2. Describe key concepts related to adaptations
3. Use strategies to systematically approach adaptations
4. Classify different types of adaptations and the reasons for making those adaptations