Category: Method
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Featured Project: Research Integrity Project – Exploring Diversity in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers List
Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list is widely recognized as a measure of global research excellence. However, concerns about equity and methodological transparency have emerged.
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Research Integrity Project: Exploring Diversity in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers List
Summary Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list is widely recognized as a measure of global research excellence. However, concerns about equity and methodological transparency have emerged. Literature has revealed growing evidence that the list disproportionately favours researchers from high-income, English-speaking regions, and scholars who are men. This study aims to assess diversity and representation within…
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Introductory Course on Knowledge Synthesis for Knowledge Users
This course will teach students about knowledge synthesis in general, as well as how to conduct knowledge synthesis projects. Students will begin to conduct knowledge synthesis in the topic of their choice, with guidance from the course directors. Please note that the students will not be completing a full knowledge synthesis project during the duration…
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Digital Health Literacy for Older Adults: A Rapid Scoping Review
Summary This research topic was initially submitted by a patient-partner through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research – Evidence Alliance (SPOR-EA). Following careful review by a multi-stakeholder panel of researchers, healthcare professionals, and policy-makers, it was identified as a high-priority area and refined into a research question with the support of patient-partners’ lived experiences. The project…
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End-of-Grant KT Plan
Purpose of template The End-of-Grant KT Plan is a template that can assist users in planning how they will share the knowledge generated from a project. The template guides users through several major considerations, including what groups they want to know about their results and how they can best share their results with each target…
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Sustainability of NIH-funded Implementation Projects
Summary Failure to sustain implementation of health interventions has implications on cost and patient care, and diminishes trust and support for future implementation. We aimed to determine if projects funded through National Institutes of Health Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (DIRH) Study Section of the Research Project Grants (R01) considered or planned for sustainability.…
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Best practices and common challenges with implementing appropriate prescribing and use initiatives worldwide: A qualitative content analysis
Summary Canada does not currently have a national strategy to address optimal prescribing of medications, however there are several initiatives across the country and worldwide aimed at improving appropriate prescribing of medications. The purpose of this study was to describe the various organizations that are conducting work in appropriate use (AU) to understand the types…
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Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations (PIHCI) network summary report and infographic
Summary This project was commissioned by the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations (PIHCIN) Network, to develop an infographic and summary report that provides an overview of Network activities and impact since their launch in 2014. The PIHCI Network is a pan-Canadian network of networks that was launched through the Canadian Institutes for Health Research…
