Zena Sharman and Julia Langton discuss how best to connect strategy and evaluation to help plot a course, define what success looks like, and track our progress and learn along the way.
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Barbara is one of the most beautiful human beings that you will ever meet. During our first few encounters, Barbara shared her story with great bravery.
Lori Last and Amy Noise introduce the science of storytelling and how to apply the principles of storytelling to demonstrate the value of health research and health research funding.
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Five teams of researchers and research users have been awarded P2P Awards, designed to build and strengthen capacity for patient-oriented research in BC.
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Public and patient engagement in health care, policy and research is key to driving health system transformation, and ultimately, better health outcomes, but what is a health funder’s role?
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Dr. Julia Langton provides an overview of how we approach research impact assessment at MSFHR, and the tools in our assessment toolbox.
Patients, researchers and health care providers gathered for the second annual BC SUPPORT Unit conference.
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Twenty five years ago Michael Smith became BC’s first Nobel Laureate. A game changer for the province, he put BC on the map as a place for world-class research.
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Dr. Les Grad provides a window into how we design, develop and evaluate our programs to ensure they achieve their goals and realize their desired impact.
Continue reading “The life and times of an MSFHR research funding program”
Dr. Bev Holmes talks KT strategy and evaluation, and challenges funders to take a look at their KT activities for maximum impact.
Continue reading “Lost in knowledge translation? Time to get strategic”
