Knowledge Translation Canada presents a webinar by Dr. Ian Graham, Vice President, Knowledge Translation, Canadian, Institutes of Health Research. The webinar took place on April 10, 2010.
A video of the presentation is now available online:
http://mediasite.otn.ca/mediasite41/Viewer/?peid=787fa72f80b14ed88272465d69426ab1
Learning Objectives
1. To better understand the knowledge to action process by going through a specific implementation project
2. To understand what is meant by the term integrated knowledge translation
3. To be able to use a conceptual framework to think through an implementation project
Dr. Ian Graham is Vice-President of the Knowledge Translation Portfolio at Canadian Institutes of Health Research. At CIHR, he is responsible for knowledge translation, partnerships and citizen engagement, communication and public outreach, and evaluation and analysis. Dr Graham is on leave from his position as Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, University of Ottawa and Senior Social Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He holds cross-appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Community Medicine and is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Nursing at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Graham obtained a B.A. in sociology from McGill University, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Victoria, and a Ph.D. in medical sociology from McGill University. Dr. Graham’s research has largely focused on knowledge translation (the process of research use) and conducting applied research on strategies to increase implementation of research findings and evidence-based practice. He has also advanced KT science though the developed two planned action models, the Ottawa Model of Research Use and more recently the Knowledge to Action Model. Specific research projects have related to the adaptation, implementation, and quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines, as well as the uptake of guidelines and decision support tools by practitioners. He is co-editor of Knowledge Translation in Health Care published by Wiley-Blackwell (2009).