Summer School Reflections

Over the summer we delivered a 4-day Summer School at the University of Lausanne to PhD nurses, centred around how to design behaviour change interventions in healthcare. We thought we’d share a bit more about what this involved, and some highlights of interesting conversations we had over the week as some food for thought!

What was the training about?

This training was centred around the application of Behaviour Change Wheel in practice, but also wove in number of other interesting modules around what we need to consider to enhance the success of implementation and how we can stay critical in our approach. We also explored several exciting developments in the field, such how Artificial Intelligence is being used to help us organise and understand the evidence base better.

 How was it structured?

This training was very interactive and involved a lot of group work, to really practice what was being taught.

Here ‘s a roadmap of the 4 days:

Training roadmap

Food for thought…

We had some interesting conversations over the course of the week, and thought we’d highlight three core areas of discussion that have stuck with us and the questions it has provoked (to be explored in another blog!)

•  No matter how beautifully designed your intervention is, if you haven’t considered how it will be implemented, or the context into which it will be implemented, your efforts are undermined. How do we ensure we consider implementation from the start of the process?

• When designing a behaviour change intervention, there are always a lot of resource constraints and things can get quite messy! This makes it tricky to maintain a systematic approach like the one outlined by the BCW. How do we manage this?

• It is vital to incorporate the views of stakeholders in the design of any intervention. How can we make the most of their insights? Particularly in resource-constrained settings.

 If you are interested in organising some training for your team, please do get in touch. We deliver a number of bespoke workshops and courses around behavioural science and its application in practice, ranging from one afternoon to a week.