Knowledge translation (KT) is the science and practice of dissemination implementation evidence. We describe how research funders operationalize evaluate KT initiatives, identify challenges opportunities, suggest strategic considerations for support. conducted an environmental scan, which included a systematic search published grey literature focus group with Canadian funders. A total 130 artic...

BACKGROUND The need to identify priorities to help shape future directions for research and practice increases as the knowledge translation (KT) field advances. Since many KT trainees are developing their research programs, understanding their concerns and KT research and practice priorities is important to supporting the development and advancement of KT as a field. Our purpose was to identify...

This article will introduce the concept of Knowledge Translation (KT), as defined and used by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), one of the 13 institutes under the umbrella of CIHR, has created the Knowledge Exchange Task Force (KETF) to research KT and to determine how to best develop and implement KT initiatives wit...

What lessons have we learned at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) about knowledge translation (KT) over the past 20 years, and what is our vision for the future? How does that KT interrelate with our other activities - research and the Population Health Data Repository? Who first noticed that "there's gold in them thar hills," and what did they do about it? How did we weave administr...

In this paper, we present KT-STS(Korea Telecom Speech Translation System) and a continuous speech recognition system for speech translation. KT-STS is an experimental speech-to-speech translation system which translates a spoken utterance in Korean into one in Japanese. The system has been designed around the task of hotel reservation (dialogues between a Korean customer and a hotel reservation...

BACKGROUND Knowledge translation (KT) is a rapidly growing field that is becoming an integral part of research protocols. METHODS This meeting report describes one group's experience at the 2009 KT Canada Summer Institute in developing an end-of-grant KT plan for a randomized control trial proposal. RESULTS Included is a discussion of the process, challenges, and recommendations from the tr...

BACKGROUND Globally, healthcare systems are attempting to optimize quality of care. This challenge has resulted in the development of implementation science or knowledge translation (KT) and the resulting need to build capacity in both the science and practice of KT. FINDINGS We are attempting to meet these challenges through the creation of a national training initiative in KT. We have ident...

Background The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) defines knowledge translation (KT) as a dynamic and iterative process that includes the synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically-sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products, and strengthen the healthcare system. CIHR, the national health research fundi...

BACKGROUND As an inherently human process fraught with subjectivity, dynamic interaction, and change, social interaction knowledge translation (KT) invites implementation scientists to explore what might be learned from adopting the academic tradition of social constructivism and an interpretive research approach. This paper presents phenomenological investigation of the second cycle of a parti...

BACKGROUND A growing body of work on knowledge translation (KT) reveals significant gaps between what is known to improve health, and what is done to improve health. The literature and practice also suggest that KT has the potential to narrow those gaps, leading to more evidence-informed healthcare. In response, Canadian health research funders and agencies have made KT a priority. This article...