Director of CCAWI Centre for Clinical and Academic Workforce Innovation, University of Lincoln, UK Culture and capacity in nursing research England/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

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

Doctoral nursing students (UK) 2004 & 2008 Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Age range Doctoral nurses

Doctorate nurse populations: European and international comparisons Based on total registered populations (2003) Finland 0.36% UK 0.25% Portugal 0.04% Spain 0.02% Slovenia 0.01% Based on employed populations (2003) Sweden0.48% Based on employed populations ( ) USA1.0% Argentina0.3% Canada0.2% Unable to identify population base (2003) Zimbabwe0.06%

Career pathways for nurse educators and researchers ( )

‘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 with Modernising 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

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) 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)