Research Knowledge Dissemination

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Research Knowledge Dissemination

• Stephen JohnsonColumbia University

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Current Members

• Steve Johnson (CUMC)
• Sue Bakken (CUMC)
• Rita Kukafka (CUMC)
• Kent Anderson (UCDMC)
• John Speakman (NCI)
• Titus Schleyer (UPMC)
• Linda Schmandt (UPMC)
• Heiko Spallek (UPMC)

• Kristie Morse (KPCHR)
• Chris Kelleher (KPCHR)
• Laura Lee Johnson (NIH)
• Gale Lester (NIH)
• Douglas Crawford (UCSF)
• Daniel Lowenstein (UCSF)
• Mini Kahlon (UCSF)

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Motivation

• Gaps in knowledge are a major barrier to the
  productivity of investigators
• Addressing gaps in knowledge will promote sharing
  of best practices and ultimately expedite the
  execution of clinical studies

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Project

• Develop online services to help investigators
  access knowledge about expertise, best practices,
  resources and tools, both locally and at other
  institutions
• Collect knowledge through needs assessment,
  workflow analysis and directory of institutional
  expertise

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Investigator Portal

• Investigator is guided through forms or menus to
  express a research need
• Investigator is matched to potential resources,
  best practices, tools or experts
• Investigator is tracked through the process, and
  asked to give feedback
• Products from process are used to enrich the
  portal

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Needs Identification

• Investigators often need help to express what it
  is they need
• Develop a common instrument, and survey
  investigators regarding their needs in conducting
  their research
• Classify needs and use this information to design
  online request forms to help lead investigators
  through the process
• Match needs to resources, tools and experts

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Connecting to Experts

• Often the best way to help an investigator is to
  connect them to someone who can help
• Develop techniques to create directories of
  expertise at each institution
• Develop index terms to classify areas of
  expertise (eg settings, methods and populations)
• Derive from national databases, add from local
  databases and customize with local experts

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Sharing Best Practices

• Can reduce reliance for direct human support by
  sharing knowledge online
• Ask experts identified in the directories to
  contribute knowledge
• Add knowledge as requests are posed and answered
• Augment knowledge by studying the workflow of
  investigators and other stakeholders

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Advantages

• Try to create something of direct value to
  investigators
• Collect information that can be used in annual
  reports
• Collect information that can be used by
  evaluation group
• Develop social network models and metrics