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.

Upcoming webinar

Dr. Maria Pawlowska

Date

April 05, 2024

Transition to open: a shift in research culture and practice

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, April 5

12 – 1 p.m. PST

As information technology enables more people to rapidly share large amounts of data and knowledge, open science — making scientific processes and practices, including research methods and outputs, more accessible and transparent — is moving from the fringe to centre stage. However, there is much more to open science than who pays for scientific publications, the reliable reuse of data, or publishing results before peer review. As seen through multiple national and international open science efforts, truly open research includes emphasis on knowledge translation and mobilization activities, as well as equitable and meaningful engagement with diverse communities impacted by research findings.

In this webinar — the first in Health Research BC’s series focused on open science — Dr. Maria Pawlowska will give an overview of open science by illustrating the variety of efforts underway in Canada, the United States, and Europe, explaining why open science is relevant to everyone, and highlighting the opportunities, benefits and challenges that lay ahead.

 

Learning objectives

After this webinar, the audience will be able to:

  1. Explain what open science entails.
  2. Describe the Canadian and international context for open science implementation.
  3. Illustrate how to implement an open science framework in a biomedical research context.

 

Speaker bio

Dr Maria Pawlowska is an expert in research management with a focus on scientific data management and open science. Following her PhD in earth sciences from the University of Cambridge, she transitioned to a career in research administration and policy. Maria has collaborated with European governments and non-governmental organizations as well as Fortune200 companies. She has helped establish over a dozen new centers of excellence, working with institutions such as Oxford University and National Centre for Scientific Research. Additionally, she has contributed to the design and implementation of international open science policies. Currently, Maria is involved in implementing open science practices in Nova Scotia.