background transferring research-based knowledge into practice would help to maximize the quality of health care. however, the role of knowledge producers and the organizational roles related to knowledge transfer have been largely ignored. objectives this study was accomplished with the aim of describing the organizational activities needed to transfer the findings of nursing research from the...

Introduction As described in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Five Year Strategic Plan for 2009-2013, one of the five CIHR strategic research priorities is to provide the evidence necessary to support a high quality, accessible and sustainable health care system. The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) is the champion for research in this domain and ha...

BACKGROUND Knowledge translation (KT, also known as research utilization, and sometimes referring to implementation science) is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve health. A KT intervention is one which facilitates the uptake of research. The long-term sustainability of KT interventions is ...

BACKGROUND Experiential approaches to skills development using secondment models are shown to benefit healthcare organizations more generally, but little is known about the potential of this approach to develop capacity for knowledge translation (KT). AIM To evaluate the success of KT capacity development secondments from the perspective of multiple stakeholders. METHODS A pluralistic evalu...

BACKGROUND Despite increasing evidence for the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR)-based therapy in stroke rehabilitation, few knowledge translation (KT) resources exist to support clinical integration. KT interventions addressing known barriers and facilitators to VR use are required. When environmental barriers to VR integration are less amenable to change, KT interventions can target modif...

We introduce the concept of Procedural Content Generation via Knowledge Transformation (PCG-KT), a new lens and framework for characterizing PCG methods approaches in which content generation is enabled by process knowledge transformation -- transforming derived from one domain order to apply it another. Our work motivated substantial number recent works that focus on generating novel repurposi...

Constant transformations in the world resulting from social, political and economic determinants, among others, have caused changes in the lifestyle and consequent health conditions of different populations. These aspects have likewise required areas of health in the domestic and international realm to create specific technologies aimed at providing effective health care. The production of this...

BACKGROUND Mentoring as a knowledge translation (KT) intervention uses social influence among healthcare professionals to increase use of evidence in clinical practice. AIM To determine the effectiveness of mentoring as a KT intervention designed to increase healthcare professionals' use of evidence in clinical practice. METHODS A systematic review was conducted using electronic databases (...