Background/Aims: Despite high-quality clinical guidelines, substantial evidence-practice gaps contribute to unmet needs for people with aphasia¹. Implementation toolkits packaging practical resources for practice change show promise in healthcare², with a prototype aphasia toolkit demonstrating feasibility, acceptability, and potential to improve clinical practice³. To support scale-up, the toolkit requires refinement and translation into an online platform that meets clinicians’ needs.
Methods: An integrated knowledge translation and human-centred design approach is being used to co-produce an online aphasia implementation toolkit. Recruitment is complete, with 13 speech pathologists sampled to represent diversity in clinical setting, geographic location, and experience. Two of six co-design workshops have been conducted to date (due for completion in June 2026), focusing on idea generation, toolkit review, prototype design, and usability/workflow requirements. Data sources will include workshop recordings, field notes, digital whiteboards, and prototype artefacts. An audit trail of design decisions will be analysed using qualitative content analysis to support iterative refinement.
Results: A stakeholder advisory committee (10 speech pathologists, 3 people with aphasia) is overseeing the project, prioritising usability, workflow integration, and cross-context flexibility. Early findings suggest the co-designed toolkit will centre on guided selection of practice priorities, identification of implementation barriers, matching of barriers to tailored strategies and resources, and tracking of implementation progress. Key design principles used to inform platform development will be presented.
Conclusion: The co-produced digital toolkit is anticipated to integrate evidence-based aphasia recommendations with theory-informed implementation strategies, supporting scalable, context-responsive implementation ready for field testing in stroke services.