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Pivoting in Context

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been faced with challenges in maintaining interdisciplinary research collaborations. The purpose of this article is to apply and expand a previously introduced model to sustaining new interdisciplinary research collaborations: Forging Alliances in Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research (FAIRR). FAIRR is a logic model that can be used as a guide to create interdisciplinary rehabilitation research teams. In this article, the authors propose expanding FAIRR by including strategies for sustaining interdisciplinary rehabilitation research collaborations: modifying inputs (resources needed to assemble a team and to conduct research activities), shifting activities (steps taken to move the interdisciplinary collaboration forward), and examining what impacts the fit between inputs and activities. Two examples are used to highlight the application of the FAIRR model to interdisciplinary collaborations during COVID-19.

Source: American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000001749

Authors: Simone V. Gill, Danny Shin, Maria Ayoub, Laura Keegan, Phillip C. Desrochers, Christine A. Helfrich

Institutions: American International College, Boston University

Language: English

Topic: Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration

Subfield: Information Systems and Management

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases