Table 3 Focus group findings
Themes | Subthemes | Categories | Codes |
|---|---|---|---|
Strengths and opportunities | Teamwork | Teamwork | Productive and comfortable Good relationships Team approach Experience of working with a team Motivational Couldn’t do it on my own |
Support | Support from post doctural researcher Support for all | ||
Collaboration | Opportunity to collaborate in new ways as partners Clear collaboration Merging of expertise | ||
Goal setting | Deadlines incentivised work | ||
Outcomes | Publications | Multiple dissemination methods Diverse range of projects Enhancing hospital’s research image Showcase hospital’s good practice | |
Skill development | Learning about methodology Increased skills Time management skills Working a variety of skills More onsite skill development Learned how to select appropriate journal Confidence | ||
Role development | Enhanced role Fulfil research role | ||
Impact | Practice development Bringing it back to practice Model of use elsewhere Publish completed research Development of innovative research centre Promotes initiative to develop clinical professor on nursing | ||
Weaknesses and threats | Time | Time | Time to conduct research Time for the meetings Time for correspondence Research time not protected Takes a lot of time Put under pressure to complete in time |
Awareness | Awareness | Lack of awareness about how much time the different aspects of research takes (data cleaning, publication) Intervention needs to be to be promoted more Lack of awareness of those not involved in the projects | |
Value | Seen not to be pulling your weight in practice if doing research Voluntary aspect of participation | ||
Concerns | Issues | Access to resources such as SPSS Skill match not always optimal Frustration at not getting published Lack of consistent methods of recording things made data extraction too difficult Capacity of post doctural researcher challenged to meet needs Need to get ethics approval Worries about ownership of data Funding to maintain intervention | |
Missed opportunities and Unmet needs | Involve more groups Keen to develop more research skills, quantitative, action research, writing skills |