Integrated knowledge translation with children and families: from innovation to sustainable implementation
April 28, 2023
Speaker
Dr. Sarah Macoun, Associate Professor, University of Victoria
Integrated knowledge translation (iKT) is a collaborative research model that aims to make research more useful and usable by engaging people who use research evidence, such as patients or policy makers, throughout the research process. For many researchers interested in exploring iKT, knowing who, when and how to engage can be daunting and the benefits not always apparent.
Sarah Macoun PhD, registered psychologist and associate professor of psychology at the University of Victoria, studies clinical interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Using the lifecycle of an intervention (Dino Island) as a case example, Sarah will talk through how researchers can use iKT to implement sustainable and accessible solutions in partnership with communities.
After this webinar, the audience will be able to:
- Define integrated knowledge translation and how it works.
- Understand key considerations for successfully partnering with knowledge users (e.g. patients, policy makers and health care providers) on research projects.
- Describe examples of implementation tools.
Speaker
Dr. Sarah Macoun PhD is a registered psychologist and associate professor of psychology at the University of Victoria. Sarah led the development, piloting, and validation of a cognitive intervention for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, called Dino Island. Dino Island is innovative — combining the appeal of tablet-based gaming with the effectiveness of an in-person, interventionist-child structure. A core aspect of Sarah’s research is its translation into outputs that positively and directly impact children and their families. Many of Sarah’s projects have involved coordination across multiple local and international sites; working with a variety of research teams and community partners.
Resources
Upcoming webinar
Dr. Kelly Cobey
Date
September 27, 2024
Shifting research assessment to open science and beyond
In 2024, KT Connects is focusing on open science — the practice of making scientific inputs, outputs, and processes freely available to all with minimal restrictions. Learn more.
Webinar summary
Friday, September 27
12 – 1 p.m. PST
In this webinar, Dr. Kelly Cobey will provide an overview of national and international science policy related to open science. She will discuss why implementing open science has been relatively slow in Canada and share considerations to drive improvements.
She will talk about the academic incentives and rewards used in the Canadian research system, explaining why they can be ineffective to help most funders or institutions reach mission-driven goals. She will use examples to highlight instances where the system could be improved to align with patient preferences.
Learning objectives
After this webinar, the audience will be able to:
• describe limitations of the current system of incentives and rewards in research
• describe what open science is and factors that impact its implementation
• identify relevant Canadian science policies and frameworks related to open science and research assessment
Speaker bio
Dr. Kelly Cobey is a scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute where she leads the Metaresearch and Open Science Program. She is also an associate professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Cobey has interests in topics including the implementation of open science, the reporting quality of research, data management and sharing best practices, research reproducibility, and patient engagement in research. She is active in the national and international global science policy community. She presently serves as the co-chair of Declaration On Research Assessment (DORA) and is a current member of the Council of Canadian Academies expert panel on dual-use research of concern (DURC). She actively consults to provide her expertise to federal agencies and academic institutions.