title: Fostering and Inspiring Research Engagement (FIRE): program logic of a research incubator scheme for allied health students.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to present the application of a logic model in depicting the underlying theory of an undergraduate research scheme for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech pathology university students in Queensland, Australia. Data gathered from key written documents on the goals and intended operation of the research incubator scheme were used to create a draft (unverified) logic model. The major components of the logic model were inputs and resources, activities/outputs, and outcomes (immediate/learning, intermediate/action, and longer term/impacts). Although immediate and intermediate outcomes chiefly pertained to students' participation in honours programs, longer-term outcomes (impacts) concerned their subsequent participation in research higher-degree programs and engagement in research careers. Program logic provided an effective means of clarifying program objectives and the mechanisms by which the research incubator scheme was designed to achieve its intended outcomes. This model was developed as the basis for evaluation of the effectiveness of the scheme in achieving its stated goals.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, Level 3 Foundation Building Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia. Tel 61 07 3636 6109, fax 61 07 33651622. j.ziviani@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ziviani
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feeney
authors.forename: Siobhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schabrun
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Copland
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hodges
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D059825:Physical Therapists / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011793:Queensland; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000193:education*