Centre for Knowledge Transfer Work in Progress

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Centre for Knowledge TransferWork in Progress

• Susan Babcock
• Executive Director

• KU03 Colloquium
• Québec City, September 2003

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Centre Background

• National training centre in knowledge utilization
  and policy implementation, comprised of a
  consortium of universities, research institutes
  and health authorities.
• Multiyear funding from Canadian Health Services
  Research Foundation, Alberta Heritage Foundation
  for Medical Research and Canadian Institutes of
  Health Research.

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Mission

• To contribute to the improved transfer of
  knowledge for the betterment of health policy and
  health care services.

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Mandate

• Provide training to researchers students to do
  knowledge transfer (KT) in the health sector
• Train scholars in the field of KT with the aim of
  building capacity
• Engage decision makers to maximize policy
  relevance of KT training scholarship
• Increase KT skills among healthcare managers and
  professionals to promote research/evidence based
  decision making

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Centre Faculty
University of Alberta Carole Estabrooks Karen Golden-Biddle Nursing (PI) Business
University of Saskatchewan Harley Dickinson Beth Horsburgh Sociology Nursing
University of Manitoba Lesley Degner Malcolm Smith Nursing Business
Université Laval Réjean Landry Clémence Dallaire Business Nursing
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Decision-maker Organizations Affiliates

• Capital Health, Edmonton
• Saskatoon District Health
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
• SEARCH Program, Alberta
• Institute for Health Economics
• Canadian Centre for Analysis of Regionalization
  and Health, Saskatchewan
• Health Quality Council, Saskatchewan
• Manitoba Nursing Research Institute
• Régie régionale de la santé et des services
  sociaux de Québec

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Trainees - with stipends/all trainees receiving
Centre support September 2003
Alberta Sask Manitoba Laval Other
Masters 1/5 3/3 --- 1/2 ---
PhD 3/5 1/4 2/2 4/4 0/1
Other 0/2 --- --- --- ---
Total 4/12 4/7 2/2 5/6 0/1
Total 15/28
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Trainees

• Trainees are pursuing graduate degrees in
  Business, Political Science, Public Policy,
  Nursing, Sociology, Community Health and
  Organizational Analysis
• In addition to these graduate students, there are
  a number of affiliates in disciplines as diverse
  as dental hygiene and oceanography who have
  participated in Centre courses and Institutes

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Centre Offerings

• Students are enrolled in graduate programs at
  their home universities and take a cognate minor
  in knowledge transfer, consisting of two courses
  plus participation the Annual Spring Institute.
• INT D 690 Topics in Knowledge Utilization
• OA 640 Implementing Public Policy
• Other courses are under development

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Research

• KUPI Program Grant 5 year CIHR program grant
  (Estabrooks, Golden-Biddle, Dickinson, Landry)
• Change grant 5 year CHSRF program grant
  (Golden-Biddle Hinings)
• Saskatchewan Regional Health Board study
  HEALNet grant (Dickinson Estabrooks)
• National Survey of Knowledge Utilization NHRDP
  grant (Landry Amara)

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Research

• International Hospital Outcomes Study AHFMR
  funded grant (Giovannetti, Estabrooks, et al.)
• Determinants of Research Utilization study
  AHFMR CIHR grant (Estabrooks, Stevens, Lander,
  et al.)
• Alberta extension of Landrys National Survey of
  Knowledge Utilization AHFMR grant (Birdsell,
  Estabrooks, Norton, et al.)

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New Directions

• Collaborative programs with regional health
  authorities
• Linkages with CHSRF CADRE partners (training
  centres and chairs) and Canada Research Chairs in
  complementary fields
• Innovative partnerships with decision-makers that
  enhance student training students and address
  needs of decision-makers and researchers vis à
  vis KT
• Sessions on KT and grantsmanship

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Contact
Centre for Knowledge Transfer 3rd floor Clinical
Sciences Building University of Alberta Edmonton,
Alberta CANADA T6G 2G3 www.nursing.ualberta.ca/kn
owledgetransfer/ Phone [phone]