KT Connects is series of monthly beginner-level knowledge translation (KT) webinars hosted by MSHFR and Arthritis Research Canada. Hear KT scientists, stakeholders and practitioners discuss the basics of KT, how KT relates to patients and the public, and KT in health policy-making and clinical practice.
All webinars are recorded and archived below, along with supplemental resources for continued learning. Further resources are available on our KT resources pages.
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For more information, or to suggest a topic or speaker, please contact:
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#DebunkingDesire: Sexual science, social media, and strategy in the pursuit of knowledge dissemination
Speakers:
- UBC Sexual Health Research Team: Melissa Nelson, Diana Firican, Brynn Lavery, Rayka Kumru, Julia O'Loughlin and Lori Brotto
Objectives:
- Understand the rationale for using social media to debunk sexuality myths and share science on women’s sexual health.
- Understand the planning and strategy behind a social media KT campaign.
- Evaluate varying digital platforms and dissemination strategies for relevance and impact for a given campaign.
- Consider a multidisciplinary, diverse team including a patient partner to meet KT goals.
Slides and #DebunkingDesire website
Decolonizing research: Collecting Two-Spirit data in culturally affirming ways
Speaker:
- Harlan Pruden, Nehiyô/First Nations Cree
Objectives:
- Explore what and who is Two-Spirit and the differences between non-Indigenous understandings, notions and ways such as LGBTQI.
- Discuss practical guidance of best practices for doing more respectful, reciprocal, relevant, and responsible (decolonizing) health research.
- Receive recently published guidance on how to collect Two-Spirit data in a culturally affirming and sensitive way – "Meet the Methods Series: 'What and Who is Two-Spirit?' in Health Research".
Engaging knowledge users in basic science — tips, tricks and lessons learned
Speaker:
- Jens Vent-Schmidt, PhD, Experimental Science & Educational Consultant, UBC
Objectives:
- Identify knowledge users for their research findings
- Plan strategies for sharing research findings with knowledge users
- Consider ways to integrate knowledge users’ insights into the research program
Moving from stakeholders to partners in knowledge translation and exchange
Speaker:
- Neil Hanlon, Professor, University of Northern British Columbia
Objectives:
- Examine the notion of stakeholder engagement in the context of community-based participatory research in rural and small town places
- Recognize the diversity and heterogeneity of rural community settings, and the challenges and opportunities these present for knowledge creation
- Consider the implications of participatory rural engagement for knowledge translation and exchange
Beyond engagement: Towards community-based and community-driven knowledge exchange in Indigenous health research
Speaker:
- Jessica Humchitt, Indigenous Research Analyst for FNHA
- Katie Bauder, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator for FNHA
Objectives:
- Participants will be understand Indigenous perspectives of knowledge and knowledge exchange
- Participants will discuss examples of Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous knowledge exchange at work
- Participants will identify strategies for conducting knowledge exchange driven by Indigenous people and communities
Slides (including additional resources)
Co-creating dissemination materials with patients
Speaker:
- Dr. Iva Cheung, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, UBC
Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify benefits of co-creating dissemination materials with patients
- Participants will be able to describe approaches to co-creation
- Participants will be able to describe facilitators and challenges of co-creation resources and tools to develop and execute a knowledge translation plan for research or practice
Recommended Resources:
- BCcampus Open Education Accessibility Toolkit
- RGD AccessAbility 2: A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- BCCDC COVID-19 Language Guide
- Reducing Stigma in Primary Care, CISUR, University of Victoria
- SENSE study, GERO at UBC School of Nursing
- BC Mental Health Rights, Simon Fraser University
- Diversity in patient engagement—meet the Tapestry teams
- A Case Study of Engaging Hard-to-Reach Participants in the Research Process: Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS)
- Development of children’s assent documents using a child-centred approach
- CDC Thesarus
- Plain language medical dictionary resource from the University of Michigan Library
Closing the gap: Using KT science to move physical activity research into practice
Speaker:
- Sarah Neil-Sztramko, Associate Professor, Academic Research Associate, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University
Objectives:
- Participants will understand the difference between the science and practice of knowledge translation
- Participants will be able to identify appropriate resources and tools to develop and execute a knowledge translation plan for research or practice
Recommended Resources:
- National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (Knowledge translation methods and tools repository)
- Nilsen, P. Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks.
Engaging with policy makers through media: a 101 for researchers during a time of pandemics
Speaker:
- Michelle Stack, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, UBC
Objectives:
- Describe the role that media plays in policy making during times of pandemic and social disruption
- Identify strategies for engaging with policy makers through mobilizing research through media
- Discuss the importance of adopting anti-oppressive approaches to media messaging that does not reinforce negative representations of systemically marginalized groups
Knowledge translation and behaviour change science: Building community in a pre- and post-pandemic world
Speaker:
- Jasmin Ma, 2018 Trainee (Arthritis Research Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Therapy, UBC)
Objectives:
- Define integrated knowledge translation and behaviour change science
- Identify examples of building community to conduct knowledge translation and behaviour change science work
- Discuss the broader implications of knowledge translation and behaviour change science for researchers, patients, and healthcare providers in the context of COVID-19 and beyond
How to do knowledge translation in a pandemic
Speaker:
- Sarah Munro, 2016 Trainee and 2019 Scholar (UBC, CHÉOS)
Objectives:
- Describe common barriers to knowledge translation (KT) during pandemics and periods of social disruption.
- Identify methods for integrated and end-of-grant KT during the COVID-19 pandemic, using case examples from women's health research.
- Select KT strategies that help accelerate the impact of research evidence during the COVID-19 pandemic
Measuring the quality of patient engagement as partners on research projects
Speaker:
- Clayon Hamilton, 2018 Health System Impact Fellow (UBC, BC Ministry of Health and Arthritics Research Canada)
Objectives:
- Understand the rationale for measuring the quality of patient engagement
- Identify components of good quality engagement
- Identify tools to measure the quality of patient engagement
Shining a light on the implementation to scale-up continuum - How does it apply to health promoting innovations?
Speaker:
- Heather McKay, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and Choose to Move researcher
Objectives:
- Differentiate between implementation, scale-up and scalability;
- Describe the central tenets of implementation and scale up frameworks in health promotion
- Describe central tenets of implementation and scale-up evaluation
- Apply their learning to a real world setting.
Fostering an organizational culture of knowledge exchange-insights into the journey for beginners
Speaker:
- Karine Souffez, Associate Director, Knowledge Exchange Research & Innovation, University of British Columbia
Objectives:
- Access resources about knowledge exchange (Kx) organizational frameworks and initiatives
- Identify strategies and steps towards building a Kx organizational culture
- Reflect on drivers and barriers to change in the context of your organization
Rising the tide: Practicing the art and developing the science of integrated knowledge translation
Speaker:
- Heather Gainforth, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Objectives:
- Provide an overview of iKT concepts and frameworks.
- Discuss the emerging science examining IKT research partnerships.
- Discuss recommendations for developing meaningful iKT partnerships.
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- KT Encounters blog: Commitment issues
- Part 1: How to get my organization to say yes to an integrated KT project (Chris McBride, executive director of Spinal Cord Injury BC)
- Part 2: How to foster long-term collaborations with community organizations – a researcher’s perspective (Heather Gainforth, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Okanagan)
- Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network
- Canadian Disability Participation Project
- How to engage people with lived experience in SCI research (post card)
Patient engagement for beginners
Speakers:
- Maria Hudspith, Executive Director, Pain BC
- Linda Wilhelm, President, Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
Objectives:
- Understand how to engage with patients to recognize needs and address gaps in health care.
- Describe the value of patient engagement to decision-making.
- Identify the spectrum of patient engagement and examples of engagement at each level.
- Describe outcome measures that can be used to evaluate patient engagement efforts.
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- CIHR Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research - Patient Engagement Framework
- Patient views on “Ladders of Engagement” (Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit)
- Patient Voices Network
- Accreditation Canada
- International Association for Public Participation
- Canadian Arthritis Network
- CIHR SPOR Chronic Pain Network
Technology-enabled knowledge translation for digital health: Principles and practice
Speaker: Dr. Kendall Ho, Emergency Medical Specialist, Vancouver General Hospital; Professor, University of British Columbia
Objectives:
- Discuss opportunities and challenges for digital health to improve health and wellness of individuals.
- Describe opportunities of collaboration between various stakeholders to enrich KT: researchers, patients and caregivers, health professionals, computer scientists, engineers, and health policy makers.
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- BC Emergency Medicine Network (useful apps and websites for health professionals and patients)
- BC Virtual Health Grand Rounds (quarterly electronic rounds explore transformative, technology-enabled healthcare delivery case examples to support patient-centred care)
- Digital Emergency Medicine at UBC
- Technology Enabled Knowledge Translation for eHealth (book)
- Health apps, wearables, and sensors: The advancing frontier of digital health (BC Medical Journal, December 2017)
Community-based sexual health research with marginalized and HIV-affected communities: Strategies for translating research to policy and practice
Speaker: Dr.Kate Shannon, Associate Professor, Director of the Gender and Sexual Health Program, Canada Research Chair in Global Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia
Objectives:
- To discuss KT examples in partnering with marginalized communities
- To describe how to develop KT strategies to share research with policy makers, practice leaders and knowledge users
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- SHAWNA project team
- AESHA project team
- Legal analysis report
- Related news releases
Knowledge translation to advance clinical care: A frontline health care perspective
Speaker: Stephanie Glegg, Occupational Therapist & Knowledge Broker, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children; PhD Candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, UBC
Objectives:
- To understand the challenges of KT in clinical settings
- To understand the KT support needs of health professionals
- To gain an awareness of existing strategies to facilitate KT in clinical settings
- To learn how to participate in an environmental scan on KT supports in clinical and research settings
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- Nilsen P. Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks. Implement Sci. 2015;10:53. Available here
- Phipps D, Morton S. Qualities of knowledge brokers: reflections from practice. Evidence & Pol. 2013;9(2):255-265. Available here
- Glegg S. Making conferences matter: A post-conference knowledge translation strategy. Occ Therapy Now. 2017;19(3):11-4. Abstract available here
- Rycroft-Malone J. The PARIHS Framework: A framework for guiding the implementation of evidence-based practice. J Nurs Care Qual. 2004;19(4):297-304. Available here
- Holly C, Percy M, Caldwell B, et al. Moving evidence to practice: reflections on a multisite academic-practice partnership. Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2014;12:31-8. Abstract available here
- Glegg S, Hoens A. Role domains of knowledge brokering: A model for the health care setting. J Neurol Phys Ther. 2016;40(2):115-23. Available here
Stephanie Glegg and staff at the Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children in Vancouver are seeking to understand barriers and supports that exist within pediatric academic health science centres and their research institutes, with respect to evidence informed health care and knowledge translation. To contribute to the environmental scan survey, please click here.
Blogging as a vessel for knowledge translation: Turning numbers into narrative
Speaker: Natasha Kolida, M.Ed. University of British Columbia; Founder, Redefining Bipolar
Objectives:
- Examine blogging as a creative method for making scholarly work more accessible
- Explore the impact of blogging as a research dissemination activity
- Consider the value and complexity of narrative in relation to research implementation
- Presentation slides (PDF)
Sparking conversations about suicide prevention in the LGBTQ community with photovoice
Speaker: Olivier Ferlatte, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Men's Health Research Program, UBC
Objectives:
- Identify opportunities for knowledge translation afforded by photovoice
- Illustrate the potential of photovoice to destigmatize mental illness and generate discussion on suicide
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- Still Here Project
- The ethical implications of photovoice (MSFHR-funded research)
- Evans-Agnew RA, Rosemberg MAS. Questioning Photovoice Research: Whose Voice? Qual Health Res. 2016;26(8):1019-30. Available here
- Knaak S, Patten S. North Bay Mental Health Orientation with PhotoVOICE: Evaluation Report. Ottawa: Mental Health Commission of Canada; 2013. Available here
Arts-based approaches to KT in health policy development
Speaker: Susan Cox, Associate Professor, School of Population & Public Health, UBC
Objectives:
- Explore the range of arts-based approaches to KT
- Identify challenges and opportunities related to using arts-based approaches in health policy development
- Consider examples of KT projects utilizing live theatre, found poetry and visual methods to inform health policy development
- Reflect on ethical and methodological issues arising from examples
Resources:
- Presentation
slides (PDF)
(Copyright Susan M Cox. Please do not copy or circulate further without permission and acknowledgement) - Cox SM, Lafrenière D, Brett-MacLean et al. Tipping the iceberg? The state of arts and health in Canada. Arts & Health. 2010:2(2):109-124
- Arts Health Network Canada
- Cox S, Drew S, Guillemin M, et al. Guidelines for Ethical Visual Research Methods. Melbourne: The University of Melbourne; 2014
It’s about us, too: Approaches to partnering with clinicians in KT and implementation research
Speakers:
- Agnes Black, Research Leader, Professional Practice, Providence Health Care (PHC)
- Kerri Abramson, Manager, Research Education & Internal Awards, Vancouver Health Care Research Institute (VCHRI)
Objectives:
- Outline the origin of the PHC/VCH 'KT challenge' program
- Describe the PHC/VCH 'KT challenge' and share examples of 2016 projects
- Outline KT challenge program evaluation
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- VCHRI KT challenge webpage
- PHC KT challenge webpage
- Moore JE, Mascarenhas A, Bain J et al. Developing a comprehensive definition of sustainability. Implement Sci. 2017;12(1):110.
- Black AT, Bungay V, Mackay M, et al. Understanding mentorship in a research training program for point-of-care clinicians. J Nurs Adm. 2016;46(9):444-8.
Economic evaluation and knowledge translation: Some thoughts on building a two-way street
Speaker: Stirling Bryan, Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation; VCH Scientific Director, BC SUPPORT Unit; Professor, School of Population & Public Health UBC
Objectives:
- To provide an introduction to health economic evaluation
- To review some of the KT challenges in economic evaluation
- To explore two-way learnings: What can KT teach health economists? What can health economists learn from KT specialists?
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- The Economics Network
- Institute of Health Economics
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
- Choosing Wisely Canada
Citizen as a KT agent: Keeping the government informed about research
Speaker: Cheryl Koehn, Founder and President Arthritis Consumer Experts
Objectives:
- Discuss the roles of patients as KT agents to bridge evidence and policy decision-making
- Recognize the challenges experienced by patients-consumers in advocacy roles
- Identify opportunities to partner with patients-consumers to facilitate evidence-informed decision making
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- Arthritis Consumer Experts
- Website: www.jointhealth.org
- Social: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
- Arthritis Medications Report Card
- Arthritis Broadcast Network
- Website: www.arthritisbroadcastnetwork.org
- Social: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
Patients’ experiences of engaging in health research: Partners in the dance
Speakers: Sheila Kerr & Kelly English, Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Arthritis Research Canada
Objectives:
- Describe the development and roles of a patient advisory board within a health research organization
- Discuss opportunities and challenges in partnering with patients in research priority setting, data collection and KT
- Illustrate the process of peer-to-peer mentoring for patient partners in health research
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Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- About Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada
- Plain language research summaries (written using a template created by Arthritis Patient Advisory Board)
- Arthritis Research Canada quarterly newsletters
- Reaching Out with Arthritis Research Public Forum 2011-2016 (videos)
- It IS About Us: Patient Engagement in Health Research (report)
How to get my community organization to say yes to an integrated KT project
Speaker: Chris McBride, Executive Director, Spinal Cord Injury BC
Objectives:
- Appreciate the important role community organizations (research users) can play in integrated knowledge translation (iKT)
- Understand what often prevents community organizations from engaging in iKT projects
- Understand what it takes for a community organization to commit to an iKT partnership
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- Commitment Issues Part 1 (Chris McBride): How to get my organization to say yes to an integrated KT project
- Commitment Issues Part 2 (Heather Gainforth): How to foster long-term collaborations with community organizations – a researcher’s perspective
- Applied Behaviour Change (ABC) Lab
- Canadian Disability Participation Project (an alliance of university, public, private and government sector partners working together to enhance community participation among Canadians with physical disabilities)
- Why Spinal Cord Injury Research Needs You (video)
- Stopwatch series (ICORD research participation promo) (videos)
- How SCI BC Helps People with Spinal Cord Injuries (video)
- SCI BC in 2016: Little Things Big Impact (video)
- The Spin magazine
- Spinal Cord Injury Sexual Health
Patient-oriented research: The intersection of patient engagement and knowledge translation
Speaker: Colleen McGavin, Patient Engagement Lead, BC SUPPORT Unit
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- CIHR Patient Engagement Framework
- Available via the BC SUPPORT Unit 'online resources' pack
- Wilson P, Mathie E, Keenan J, et al. ReseArch with Patient and Public invOlvement: a RealisT evaluation – the RAPPORT study. Health Services and Delivery Research 2015; 3.38.
How to write a KT grant
Speaker: Dr. Linda Li. Professor & Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair; Canada Research Chair in Patient-Oriented KT; UBC and Arthritis Research Canada
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- Patient and public engagement frameworks
- KT evaluation framework
- Knowledge Translation Evaluation Guide — Alberta Health Services
- Barwick, M. (2013). Knowledge Translation Planning Template
- Articles
- Proctor EK, Powell BJ, Baumann AA, Hamilton AM, Santens RL. Writing implementation research grant proposals: ten key ingredients. Implementation Science 2012; 7(1):96.
- Nilsen P. Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks. Implementation Science 2015; 10(1):53.
- Other resources for writing a KT plan or an implementation research grant proposal
How does a knowledge broker "fit" in the world of KT?
Speaker: Alison Hoens, Physical Therapy Knowledge Broker, UBC FoM Dept PT, VCHRI, PHCRI, PABC; Clinical Professor, UBC FoM Dept PT; Research Associate; CHEOS
Objectives:
- Provide a perspective on the ‘fit’ of knowledge brokering in knowledge translation based on the literature and lived experience
- Share a new model for knowledge brokering in health care & elicit feedback on the model
- Gauge interest in a KB training program in BC
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- Glegg, S. and Hoens A. (2016). Role Domains of Knowledge Brokering: A Model for the Health Care Setting
- Being a knowledge mobiliser: nature or nurture? The musings of a knowledge mobilisation researcher (blog by Dr. Vicky Ward)
- BC KT Community of Practice
- Providence Health Care KT Community of Practice (email Aggie Black for more info)
- Hoens AM, Li LC. The Knowledge Broker’s ‘Fit’ in the World of Knowledge Translation. Editorial. Physiotherapy Canada. 2014. 66(3) 223-4.
- Bornbaum C, Kornas K, Peirson L, Rosella LC. Exploring the function and effectiveness of knowledge brokers as facilitators of knowledge translation in health-related settings: a systematic review and thematic analysis. Implementation Science. 2015. 10:162
Adventures in KT: Travel tips for researchers and trainees
Speakers:
- Dr. Bev Holmes; Vice-President, Research & Impact, MSFHR
- Dr. Marla Steinberg; Evaluation Consultant
Objectives:
- Explain why KT is important for researchers
- Distinguish among different KT purposes and processes
- Discuss some critical success factors for KT (the travel tips!)
- Decide whether KT is right for you
- List ways you can learn more about KT
Resources:
- Presentation slides (PDF)
- MSFHR - KT Resources
- Guide to knowledge translation planning at CIHR
- KT Canada
- Certificate in knowledge mobilization (University of Guelph – online)
- KT planning guides