SHARED DECISION-MAKING LUNCH AND LEARN
research translation, 2023
CLIENT: School project, mock client
STAKEHOLDERS: Healthcare providers involved in the prescription and regulation of birth control and women making decisions about birth control
GOAL: Translate piece of scholarly communication research to make it more accessible, therefore improving the experiences of stakeholders.
PROCESS: The scholarly article I set out to translate detailed ways women make decisions about birth control based on conversations they have with healthcare providers and how those conversations could be approached differently to ensure better health outcomes for women seeking birth control. Because the article was mostly focused on the communication changes healthcare practitioners could make, I decided to translate the article into a lunch and learn for healthcare providers who prescribe birth control. This method of knowledge dissemination is practical for busy healthcare providers because it can be completed in a short period of time, such as over a lunch break, but can still have enormous effects on their patient’s health outcomes and livelihoods. I first introduced the shared decision-making framework proposed by the article to give the provider an understanding of the method and its relevance. I then utilized the main themes identified by the article’s authors to guide the design of the lunch and learn by breaking down each theme into three sections - introduction to the theme, a real-life patient experience, and sample dialogue practitioners can use when trying to implement the theme into their conversations. This method kept each theme short and accessible by centering patient experiences and allowing practitioners to easily understand the importance of the topic while also giving them explicit ways to implement their new knowledge.
OUTCOME: I used a piece of scholarly research to design a lunch and learn for healthcare practitioners that was succinct but informative, giving providers a practical way to help their patients have better experiences when making decisions about birth control.
