Research Impact: Guidance on Advancement, Achievement and Assessment

Research for research's sake is no longer sufficient; it must have an impact on society. This textbook provides a journey from the UK Research Excellence Framework's assessment of impact to real-world case studies. It explains the case for research impact, challenges, links to evidence-informed practice, policy change, and engagement with the public. Written in an accessible style, with reflective exercises and helpful guides, the book is valuable for health researchers, research managers, and those seeking to make their research impactful.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 135 pages
\n Publication date: 06 October 2020
\n Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Research for research's sake is no longer tenable or affordable; to be valuable to society, research must have impact! This textbook takes the reader on a journey from how the UK Research Excellence Framework assesses impact to real examples of outstanding research impact case studies. Along the way, Prof. Hugh McKenna describes and explains the case for research impact, the challenges, the link between research impact and evidence-informed practice, achieving impact through changing policy and engaging with the public, how researchers can make their research findings more impactful, and how research impact is assessed nationally and internationally. It is written in an easily accessible and understandable style, with reflective exercises amply distributed throughout its pages and helpful guides helping to engage readers, notably health professionals who are often turned off by the normal heavy research tomes. This book makes the complex simple and the wearisome fascinating. The short chapters are interesting and authoritative and can be read on a 'standalone basis, allowing readers to 'dip in and out.

From his experience in various countries, the author has a unique insight into what research impact is, how it is assessed, and how and where research findings can have the most benefit. The stimulus for this book has been the excellent feedback that the author has received from health professionals, students, and fellow researchers. There is always a risk that good knowledge and experience do not transfer well into a good textbook. In Research Impact: Guidance on Advancement, Achievement, and Assessment, nothing has been lost in the transition. The book will be of great interest to many health researchers from nursing to midwifery, pharmacy, medicine, or any allied discipline.

\n Weight: 308g\n
Dimension: 178 x 253 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9783030570279\n
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021\n