{"id":12110,"date":"2015-09-01T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/a-stranger-in-a-not-so-strange-land-etranger-en-terre-pas-si-etrangere\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:59:09","slug":"a-stranger-in-a-not-so-strange-land-etranger-en-terre-pas-si-etrangere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/a-stranger-in-a-not-so-strange-land-etranger-en-terre-pas-si-etrangere\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stranger in a (Not So) Strange Land \/ \u00c9tranger en terre (pas si) \u00e9trang\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"

In June 2015 I attended the <\/em>Research Impact Assessment<\/em><\/a> intensive course hosted by Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. Being a knowledge mobilization professional with little formal experience in evaluation I expected to feel like a fish out of water. Instead it was like discovering a home I never knew I had. Even down to the same furniture, except that same furniture was arranged slightly differently.<\/em>
\nEn juin\u00a02015, j\u2019ai assist\u00e9 au cours intensif sur l\u2019\u00e9valuation de l\u2019impact de la recherche<\/a> propos\u00e9 par l\u2019organisme de solutions en sant\u00e9 Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. Professionnel de la mobilisation des connaissances, mais peu rod\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9valuation, je m\u2019attendais \u00e0 patauger un peu. En fait, je me suis senti chez moi, comme si j\u2019avais v\u00e9cu l\u00e0 toute ma vie. M\u00eame les meubles \u00e9taient familiers, quoique dispos\u00e9s un peu diff\u00e9remment.<\/em>
\n\"Banff<\/a>
\nBanff, Alberta. Such a beautiful setting to relax in before taking a four day deep dive into the minutiae of health research impact assessment (RIA). Because I have little formal experience in evaluation this intensive course was perfect, albeit a little daunting (ok\u2026a lot daunting). After spending the weekend in Banff with my husband I sent him home and logged onto the course site to review materials. Included in the materials was a very detailed RIA planning tool. The tool walked you through purpose, goals, stakeholders, activities, indicators, communications, budget\u2026.all the things you need to do in order to plan your RIA. But wait\u2026. purpose, goals, stakeholders, activities, indicators, communications, budget are all the things you need to also develop your KT plan. I have frequently used Melanie Barwick\u2019s KT Planning Tool<\/a> to support researchers and their partners planning for KT. More recently Anneliese Poetz (Manager, KT Core for NeuroDevNet) and I have adapted this tool and combined it with project management activities to create a hybrid KT planning and project management<\/a> tool. So when I saw the similarities between RIA planning and KT planning I knew I would have a very interesting four days.
\nThroughout those four days I was struck by the similarities between KT planning and planning for RIA.<\/p>\n