De cocreatie van wetenschap en praktijk: twaalf jaar Tranzo

Samenvatting

Sinds 2002 werkt Tranzo, het wetenschappelijk centrum voor zorg en welzijn van Tilburg University, met praktijkinstellingen samen in academische werkplaatsen. Samen met andere partijen zoals zorginstellingen, onderwijsinstellingen en overheden wordt in cocreatie gezocht naar oplossingen voor ervaren problemen en worden nieuwe initiatieven ontwikkeld. De vier oudste academische werkplaatsen van Tranzo zijn geëvalueerd op basis van een documentstudie en interviews met zestien betrokkenen. Onderzocht werd hoe de samenwerking tussen wetenschap en praktijk vorm krijgt, wat de samenwerking tussen universiteit en praktijkinstellingen heeft opgeleverd en welke knelpunten worden ervaren.

Abstract

The cocreation of science and health care practice: twelve years Tranzo

Since 2002, Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare at Tilburg University cooperates with health care institutions in sustainable partnerships called Academic Centers (ACs). The cooperation is based on three principles: total equality between university and professional partners, multi-level personal contacts within the organisations involved and ‘win-win’: all participating parties should benefit from the cooperation. So called Science Practitioners (SPs) have a crucial role in the ACs. They are employed by the healthcare institutions that participate in the sustainable partnership with the university and work on scientific research a few days in the week. During these days, they are present at the university and conduct research on topics relevant to both science and practice, such as: evidence based medicine, quality of life and quality of care. The four eldest ACs have been evaluated by means of a document analysis and a number of face-to-face interviews with members. The core evaluation questions were how the collaboration between academia and practice takes shape, what results have been gained from the collaboration and what bottlenecks are experienced.