Table 1 Summary of included studies
From: Virtual facilitation best practices and research priorities: a scoping review
Author | Title | Journal | Location | How VF was done | Glossary of synonyms | Theories, models or frameworks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jortberg (2022) [20] | Making a Rapid Transition to Virtual Practice Facilitation: Tales of Facilitation During COVID-19 | Annals of Family Medicine | Colorado, US | Virtual teleconferences | virtual practice facilitation | Â |
Fox (2013) [21] | Improving evidence-based primary care for chronic kidney disease: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial for translating evidence into practice (TRANSLATE CKD) | Implement Science | New York, US | Video-conferencing (GoToMeeting®), phone, and e-mail | Practice facilitation | TRANSLATE |
Hartmann (2021) [16] | Virtual external implementation facilitation: successful methods for remotely engaging groups in quality improvement | Implement Science Communications | USA | n/a | Virtual external implementation facilitation | IHI breakthrough series |
Lindsay (2017) [22] | Implementing Video to Home to Increase Access to Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Rural Veterans | Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science | Mississippi, USA | Weekly teleconferences | Internal vs external implementation facilitation | PARIHS and RE-AIM |
Smelson (2022) [23] | Testing implementation facilitation for uptake of an evidence-based psychosocial intervention in VA homeless programs: A hybrid type III trial | PLoS ONE | USA | Phone call and Skype | External implementation facilitation | Getting to Outcomes (GTO), i-PARIHS; ORCA |
Ecker (2023) [24] | Feasibility of Group-Based Implementation Facilitation for Video Telemental Health | Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science | USA | Virtual group webinars | Implementation facilitation (IF), group facilitation, virtual facilitation | PIVOT approach |
Malone (2021) [25] | A cluster randomized stepped-wedge trial to de-implement unnecessary postoperative antibiotics in children: the optimizing perioperative antibiotic in children (OPerAtiC) trial | Implement Science | USA | Webinars, virtual workshop, and phone calls | facilitation | IPARIHS and ERIC |
Bednar (2023) [26] | Implementation and outcome evaluations of a multi-site improvement program in cancer genetics | Journal of Genetic Counseling | USA | Virtual teleconferences via WebEx, Doodle polls, Connect website, supplemented by 1 in-person meeting | Virtual implementation facilitation (VIF) | CDC Program Evaluation framework; IHI Model for Improvement |