# LEARRN: Didactic Interactions Component

> **NIH NIH P2C** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $118,924

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY 
The LeaRRN Techniques Component will modify LHS research techniques and resources so that they are 
focused on the needs of rehabilitation researchers and aligned with the priorities of our LHS Innovation Hub 
partners. Our first step is to identify existing gaps in LHS research knowledge across the broad rehabilitation 
research communities and match those needs to the priorities identified by our LHS Innovation Hub partners. 
This work will guide development of resources and adaptation of techniques to improve rehabilitation research 
in real-world settings and develop a critical mass of rehabilitation researchers focused on LHS research. The 
overarching purpose of the LeaRRN Techniques Development Component is to modify available LHS research 
techniques and resources to enhance achievement of LHS research competencies in the rehabilitation 
research community. This is urgently needed because rehabilitation researchers have had little exposure to 
many LHS research core competencies in their academic training. LHS research draws on theoretical and 
applied methods from a variety of fields. While rehabilitation research training may address some LHS 
research competencies, such as asking meaningful questions, applying appropriate methods, and ethics of 
research; rehabilitation research training does not address key competency areas required for engaging and 
conducting research within LHS. For example, most rehabilitation researchers have little to no exposure to key 
competency domains such as system science, improvement and implementation science and stakeholder 
engagement. Most rehabilitation researchers are unprepared to conduct research within a real-world health 
system. The Techniques Development component has the following specific aims: 1) assess gaps in LHS 
research competencies and resource needs of the broad rehabilitation research community; 2) develop and 
modify LHS research resources and techniques to address the needs of the rehabilitation research community 
and priorities of the LHS Innovation Hub stakeholders. While we know from experience and anecdote that LHS 
competencies are lacking across rehabilitation disciplines, we do not know the extent of these gaps or how 
they differ across disciplines. We will engage a multidisciplinary expert panel to inform development of a 
survey to assess key competencies within the seven LHS research domains. The survey, distributed across 
rehabilitation research disciplines, will assess knowledge gaps and priority areas to target with didactic training. 
The survey will be re-administered in Years 3 and 5 to assess LeaRRN’s impact and guide future activities. 
Needs identified in Aim 1 will be prioritized by LHS Innovation Hub partners, and the results will be used to 
guide development of Use Case Examples and other resources that will be linked to the resources and 
activities of the Didactic component for dissemination. The work of the Techniques Development comp...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10414901
- **Project number:** 5P2CHD101895-03
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Joel M Stevans
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $118,924
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-06-01 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10414901

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10414901, LEARRN: Didactic Interactions Component (5P2CHD101895-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10414901. Licensed CC0.

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