Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate – October 2011

The Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate (KTPC™) is a 5 day professional development course, held in Toronto, Canada, and the only course of its kind in North America. The curriculum, presented as a composite of didactic and interactive teaching, exemplars, and exercises, focuses on the core competencies of KT work in Canada, as identified by a …

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Ottawa Chapter: Ontario KTECoP

On February 3, 2011, the coordinating committee of the Ontario KTECoP decided to launch an Ottawa Chapter.  This means that there is now an opportunity for Ottawa-based (including Eastern Ontario) members of this community to meet face-to-face locally – as well as  joining into the Toronto meetings by teleconference. Peter Levesque has volunteered to lead the development …

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PhD Studentship within the School of Social & Political Sciences/Centre for Population & Health Sciences University of Glasgow

*’Testing the applicability of realist synthesis in the context of the Commonwealth Games’*

PhD Studentship within the School of Social & Political Sciences/Centre for Population & Health Sciences University of Glasgow – funded by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health

 The studentship will pay home fees and an annual stipend of £13,590 to cover living costs and all expenses associated with conducting the PhD.

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Alberta’s KT Casebook Available for Download

  Alberta’s first KT Casebook presents an impressive collection of stories that highlight the breadth and depth of KT activities in the province. These stories include: • Technologies that are changing practice, such as Intelligent Turn Manager and 3D Gait Analysis • Innovative communication strategies such as Digital Storytelling and Smart Phone Teleradiology • Partnerships …

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Dr Terrence Sullivan addresses Improving Quality and Performance in Health Care Services Nov 18, 2010

You are invited to attend this year’s Nachemson Lecture sponsored by the Institute for Work & Health. Dr Terrence Sullivan CEO of Cancer Care Ontario will address Improving Quality and Performance in Health Services: Reflections from Cancer Care Ontario. When: Thursday November 18 Time : lecture 5:30 to 6:30 reception 6:30 to 7:30 Where: Design …

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KT Supplement Funding Opportunity – CIHR

A core component of CIHR‘s mandate is to translate knowledge into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system. The Knowledge Translation (KT) Branch, through its KT Supplement Funding Opportunity, provides supplemental funding to enable widespread dissemination and implementation of research findings to communities beyond the traditional scientific community so as to accelerate the capture of the benefits of health research. The funding opportunity requires the use of active KT strategies and interventions supplementary to publication in peer reviewed journals. It is not intended to cover typical KT costs budgeted for at the time of submission of the original grant (eg. publication costs and open access fees for anticipated publications, conference fees, etc).

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Dumbing down the audience

Re-posted from the Overseas Development Initiative Blog

‘Dumbing down’ the audience
Monday, July 05, 2010 2:50 PM by Enrique Mendizabal

Evidence-informed policies are central to ODI’s mission to link together high quality applied research with practical policy advice. That is why the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) Programme works to understand better the relationship between research, policy and practice and to figure out how think tanks and other similar organisations can ensure strong links between them. To achieve this in developing countries we have worked from multiple angles. On the one hand, we are helping researchers to com­municate their research and engage with policy processes – an action we have further supported by interacting with donor agencies to im­prove the way they fund and support researchers. On the other hand, we have been working with progressive policy-makers in developing countries to improve their ability to bring evidence to bear in policy discussions.

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