CORE CURRICULUM SERIES
RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOK:
Powell, L.H. Behavioral treatment development. Powell, L.H., Freedland, K., & Kaufmann, P.G. (2021). Behavioral clinical trials for chronic diseases: Scientific foundations. Springer International.
Welcome!
Please view the 10 modules in the following order.
Each module includes a number of preparatory readings and a short assessment exercise. All module components must be completed.
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Presented by Simon Bacon, PhD
46 minutes
This modules focuses on some of the major limitations in current behavioural intervention studies, explores the process of generating and testing a behavioural intervention as well as some key questions to ask of behavioural intervention studies.
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Presented by Marta Marques, PhD
47 minutes
This modules focuses on behaviour change techniques and on differentiating frameworks, models and classification systems applicable to behaviour change interventions, explores the Behaviour Change Wheel framework and the COM-B Model of Behaviour Change, and discusses the importance of specifying and classifying components of behaviour change interventions during their development.
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Presented by Susan Czajkowski, PhD
50 minutes
This module focuses on the goals and purposes of three behavioral intervention development and testing approaches, explore the key features and relationships between each of these frameworks, and also explore how best to select frameworks for the development of specific interventions.
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Presented by Sylvie Lambert, PhD
59 minutes
This module focuses on evaluating behavioural interventions through different trial designs, exploring alternative trial designs used to evaluate components of a behavioral intervention and overviewing the strengths and weaknesses of each of the explored trial designs.
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Presented by Kim Lavoie, PhD
29 minutes
This module focuses on different types of trial outcomes and their purposes, the unique challenges associated with selecting outcomes for behavioural trials, and defining the benefits of core outcome sets to improve outcome selection and reporting in behavioural trials.
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Presented by Kate Guastaferro, PhD
44 minutes
This module focuses on the rationale for, and process of, intervention optimization via the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) and Intervention EASE approaches and making contrasts with the classical treatment package approach.
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Presented by Simon Bacon, PhD
54 minutes
This module focuses on distinguishing between feasibility and pilot studies and exploring the knowledge gaps around these types of studies as well as reporting in relation to these two types of studies.
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Presented by Kim Lavoie, PhD
38 minutes
This modules focuses on the importance of addressing intervention fidelity within behavioural trials, understanding fidelity and its relation to adaptation, and identifying appropriate fidelity assessment strategies.
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Presented by Molly Byrne, PhD
38 minutes
This module focuses on engaging relevant stakeholders to maximise intervention relevance, fidelity, effectiveness, and implementation; identifying implementation barriers and enablers and selecting fit-for-purpose implementation and evaluation frameworks, strategies and techniques.
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Presented by Justin Presseau, PhD
53 minutes
This model focuses on implementation science, emphasizing its theories and frameworks designed to enhance the application of research findings into practical use. It outlines the differences between frameworks that help identify barriers and facilitators to implementation and those that aid in selecting effective implementation strategies.