Category: Health services and policy research
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Knowledge translation workbook
Summary The KT Program designed a practical workbook to support implementers to do practical knowledge translation. Our workbook was designed using key theories, models and frameworks including the knowledge-to-action model. Implementers are prompted to complete fillable worksheets to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based strategies. Building upon over a decade of capacity building at the KTP,…
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Models of care
Summary The Knowledge Translation Program and Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) identified innovative and promising models of care that were implemented in long-term care homes (LTCHs) during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided suggestions on best practices that could be integrated into LTCHs to potentially improve resident care. The project included a quantitative survey and semi- structured…
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World Health Organization technical assistance centre – Embedding rapid reviews in health systems decision-making
Summary The KT Program provided capacity-building and training to 58 researchers and policy-makers from low- and middle-income countries. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigators Co-Investigator KTP Project Staff
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Artificial intelligence decision support tool to assess the quality of systematic reviews on the same topic: WISEST
Summary WISEST is an AI tool to help knowledge users choose among reviews on the same topic that overlap in PICO elements. WISEST also assesses and expedites the quality of the systematic review methods, findings and conclusions. Funded By Principal Investigators Co-Principal Investigators Co-Investigators Collaborators KTP Project Staff
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Systematic Prospective Assessment of Rapid Knowledge Synthesis (SPARKS)
Summary This study compares the quality, efficiency, and decisions made between rapid reviews and systematic reviews on the same topic. Funded By Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigators Co-Investigators Knowledge Users Collaborators KTP Project Staff *Patient Partner: These individuals could be patients (an individual with a health condition), family members of a patient (e.g. parent, spouse, adult…
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Right Review tool update
Summary This project aims to update KT Program’s Right Review tool to include information about qualitative and mixed methods. The Right Review tool is an open-access KT Program tool to support evidence synthesis methods decisions. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigator Co-Investigators Collaborators KTP Project Staff