Realist review--a new method of systematic review designed for complex policy interventions J Health Serv Res Policy. This rapid realist review provides an overview of literature related to strategies supporting resident research engagement in the clinical workplace. A rapid realist review of published and grey literature was conducted by a partnership between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the InSource Research Group. This realist review method incorporated the following steps: (1) clarifying the scope, (2) searching for relevant evidence, (3) relevance confirmation, data extraction, and quality assessment, (4) data analysis and synthesis. Informed by workplace learning theory, it identifies key curriculum, pedagogic, and personal epistemological practice mechanisms contributing to or constraining resident research engagement. Although numerous centers are conducting rapid reviews internationally, few studies have examined the methodological characteristics of rapid reviews. 18 This is particularly useful during the initial phases of a multi-phase project where research findings need to be rapidly adapted and iteratively refined to take account of emerging … The RRR is consistent with Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards (RAMESES) and includes identifying the research question, searching for information, quality appraisal, data extraction, synthesising the evidence, validation of findings with experts and dissemination. The time-frame to conduct this review was short; it was the preliminary stage of a realist evaluation which was also time-limited. This Rapid Realist Review (RRR) is the first work package in a national programme of research: a Realist Evaluation of Autism ServiCe Delivery (RE-ASCeD). While full Realist reviews engage in a much longer exploration of the literature and period of ‘testing’, rapid realist reviews (RRRs) have recently emerged to facilitate a speedier transition from research to policy and practice. Methods Realist review methodology attempts to understand what works for whom under what circumstances, and is characterized by its focus on strategies/interventions, contexts, mechanisms and their relationship … Rapid reviews are a form of knowledge synthesis in which components of the systematic review process are simplified or omitted to produce information in a timely manner. Accordingly, we used rapid realist review methodology as described by Saul et al. Compared to a ‘traditional’ realist approach, a rapid realist review is less concerned with theory development and more focussed on explanations . Authors Ray Pawson 1 , Trisha Greenhalgh, Gill Harvey, Kieran Walshe. It is a time-responsive method allowing the generation of findings to inform policy and clinical practice. A rapid realist review is relevant to address an enduring knowledge gap which requires theory development. We aimed to examine articles, books, and reports that evaluated, … Rapid realist review of a comprehensive range of databases. (2013) and summarised in Figure 1. This preliminary study lays the groundwork for a pioneering theory on feedback in nursing performance improvement systems that will subsequently inform a multiple case study. 2005 Jul;10 Suppl 1:21-34. doi: 10.1258/1355819054308530. We created a Local Reference Group (LRG) comprising psychiatry, occupational therapy and former nurse Results Five key themes emerged: (1) extending social assets, (2) strengthening key psychological resources, (3) maintaining physical health status, (4) safeguarding quality of life and (5) ensuring timely availability of key external resources.