Director of CCAWI

Centre for Clinical and Academic Workforce Innovation,

University of Lincoln, UK

Culture and capacity in nursing researchEngland/UK perspectives

University of Maribor, Slovenia (2010)Christine Jackson,

PhD, MPhil, TDCR

Sixty years of the National Health Service

• Special edition of the Health Service Journal (July 2008)

• 28 articles, approx 25,000 words

• 80 words relating directly to the workforce and training

• Research is mentioned in

context only

2003-2005 StLaR HR Plan Project(Butterworth and Jackson)

• Improve the “clinical academic” culture• Capacity building for the next generation to

– meet increased demand – succeed the present ‘ageing workforce’

• Increase investments in research training and scholarly activity

• Build clearly identified career pathways• Develop support and mentorship• Improve labour market intelligence at a global level

Addressing research capacity, capability and culture in 2010

• Research capacity and capability

- four new research awards for England

• Research culture

- UK professorial study in nursing, AHP groups and social work

Capacity building – the doctoral workforce in UK nursing

• Number of nurses educated to doctoral level n = 2000 (approx) 0.25% of total registered nursing population in the UK

• Most doctoral nurses are based in the academic population

• Increasing population of doctoral students

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Doctorate nurse populations: European and international comparisons

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Finland 0.36%UK 0.25% Portugal 0.04%Spain 0.02%Slovenia 0.01%Based on employed populations (2003)

Sweden 0.48%

Based on employed populations (2001-2005)

USA 1.0%Argentina 0.3%Canada 0.2%

Unable to identify population base(2003)

Zimbabwe0.06%

Career pathways for nurse educators and researchers ( 2005-2015)

‘Developing the best research professionals’

Qualified graduate nurses: recommendations for preparing and supporting Clinical academic nurses of the future

Report of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Sub Committee for Nurses in Clinical Research

August 2007

in collaboration withModernising Nursing Careers

igniting our potential

Method• Review of existing research, policies, etc• Data analyses: workforce/qualifications, etc• Engagement with a number of expert reference

groups: funding, research activity, policy, etc• National consultations on draft report

United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration

Rationale• To provide a report with recommendations,

implementation and costings to support clinical academic nurses and AHPs of the future

Recommendations: increasing capacity & capability

• Capacity – increasing total number of nurses/AHPs involved in research

• Capability – ensuring that greater proportion of numbers of clinical academic nurses/AHPs are capable of working at highest level

• Recommendations address 3 main areas:• Education and training • Facilitating careers• Better information

A proposed clinical academic training pathway (nursing)

2010 The Clinical Academic Training

Pathway for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs (England)

• Sponsored by NHS National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

• Additional funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England

• Four levels of award

NIHR awards

• Masters: 70 funded places annually • Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowships (15 awards in 2009)

• Clinical Lectureships -post doctoral awards (10 awards in 2009)

• Senior Clinical Lectureships (12 awards in total, starting August 2010) with 50% funding through Higher Education Funding Council for

England)

so far so good……

Research culture?2008 UK-wide survey of professors in

nursing, AHP and social work (Jackson, Callinan and Cowell, 2010)

Primary objective was to identify roles and activities with respect to the National

Conference of University Professors (NCUP)

Findings in relation to research culture

• Institutional and peer support is crucial to developing a positive research culture

• Tensions between research and managerial expectations

• Audit culture identified as a major problem

• Mentorship culture is poorly developed

• Workload pressures interfere with family life

my final thoughts

Improving research capacity and capability in nursing and other professions and improving research culture should be

synonymous with good practice.Thank you cjackson@lincoln.ac.uk

Acknowledgements and references

• United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration: Expert Reference & Steering groups

(Developing the best research professionals (2007) UKCRC)• Clinical academic careers for educators and researchers in nursing.

Some challenges and solutions (2005) JRN 10 (1) 85-97• StLaR HR Plan Project. Phase 2 Strategic Report (2004)• Nursing Research in Europe. Scoping report (2005) • UDINE C group (Understanding Developmental Issues for Nurse

Educator Careers)