Identifying priorities in knowledge translation from the perspective of trainees: Results from an online survey

Kristine Newman, Dwayne Eerd, Byron J. Powell, Robin Urquhart, Evelyn Cornelissen, Vivian Chan, Shalini Lal

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Abstract

Background: The need to identify priorities to help shape future directions for research and practice increases as the knowledge translation (KT) field advances. Since many KT trainees are developing their research programs, understanding their concerns and KT research and practice priorities is important to supporting the development and advancement of KT as a field. Our purpose was to identify research and practice priorities in the KT field from the perspectives of KT researcher/practitioner trainees. Findings: Survey response rate was 62% (44/71). Participants were mostly Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, residents, and learners from various disciplines; the majority was from Ontario (44%) and Quebec (20%). Seven percent (5/71) were from other countries including USA, UK, and Switzerland. Seven main KT priority themes were identified: determining the effectiveness of KT strategies, technology use, increased key stakeholder involvement, context, theory, expand ways of inquiry, and sustainability. Conclusions: Overall, the priorities identified by the trainees correspond with KT literature and with KT experts' views. The trainees appeared to push the boundaries of current KT literature with respect to creative use of communication technologies research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number92
JournalImplementation Science
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 21 2015

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Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the respondents for their participation in the study. This research was partly funded by the Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University by the Spring 2014 Publication Grant and in part by a CIHR Planning Grant #119110. We thank McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing for ethics assistance. We thank the Dean’s Office, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University for funding professional editing of this article.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Newman et al.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Health Policy
  • Health Informatics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Newman, K., Eerd, D., Powell, B. J., Urquhart, R., Cornelissen, E., Chan, V., & Lal, S. (2015). Identifying priorities in knowledge translation from the perspective of trainees: Results from an online survey. Implementation Science, 10(1), Article 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0282-5