How can health-evidence.ca help me?

Dear Public Health Decision Maker, Have you ever thought, Wouldn’t it be great if good quality reviews evaluating the effectiveness of interventions relevant to me were all located in one place? Register now for health-evidence.ca’s live webcast and learn how easy it is to search for and identify research evidence relevant to your decision making. …

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Dr. Carole Estabrooks: Exploring the Application of Research to the Practice of Knowledge Translation

Join us on Friday, February 26, 2010, for the next KTECOP meeting, featuring a workshop with Dr. Carole Estabrooks. Dr. Estabrooks is principal investigator with the Knowledge Utilization Studies Program, University of Alberta, and holds a Research Chair in Knowledge Translation. Carole is one of Canada’s leading researchers in knowledge translation. She will present her …

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Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award

Nominations are invited for the 2010 Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award. These awards honour and support the exemplary knowledge translation efforts and activities of an individual, team or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to increasing the application of research findings, improving the health of individuals, health services and products, or strengthening the health-care system. Nominations will be assessed on significant achievements in knowledge translation activities relevant to any area of health research (e.g., biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health).

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Knowledge Translation Working Meeting – Building a Community of Practice

With support from the CIHR, KT Canada and the Western Regional Training Centre (WRTC), the Knowledge Translation Trainee Collaborative (KTTC) invites applications from knowledge translation trainee practitioners (e.g., graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and other community learners) from across the country to participate in KTTC’s first-ever Knowledge Translation Working Meeting.

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Clinical Practice Guidelines Institute – Save the date!

The Centre for Effective Practice announces an upcoming Clinical Practice Guidelines Institute (CPGI), scheduled to take place at the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, on April 24–25, 2010. The CPGI is intended for those individuals and organizations currently engaged in developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in Canada who wish to expand their knowledge …

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Scientist Knowledge Translation Training

A well-developed knowledge translation (KT) plan is emerging as a proposal requirement for health research in Canada and abroad, and there is greater attention to research utilization and research impact. The SKTT© training course was developed on the premise that scientists are agents of change in creating research impact, promoting research utilization, and ensuring their …

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PMC Canada: Making Canadian health research accessible to all

Canadians will soon have access to the latest health research findings with the launch of PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). Building on the successful PubMed Central archive developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, PMC Canada will help accelerate the creation of knowledge and facilitate its use by providing a freely accessible, Canada-based archive of peer-reviewed health science literature.

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Register now for “KTE 2.0: What’s the Point of 2.0?”

Join KTECOP for a half-day workshop to explore the impact of social media (wikis, blogs, twitter, RSS, etc.) on knowledge transfer and exchange. See the Draft Agenda for details. Monday, October 5, 2009 1:00-5:30 pm Gerstein Science Information Centre 9 King’s College Circle, University of Toronto This event is free of charge, but space is …

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