{"id":12294,"date":"2012-10-31T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/kt-the-heart-of-the-innovation-journey-le-coeur-du-parcours-de-linnovation\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:40:53","slug":"kt-the-heart-of-the-innovation-journey-le-coeur-du-parcours-de-linnovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/kt-the-heart-of-the-innovation-journey-le-coeur-du-parcours-de-linnovation\/","title":{"rendered":"KT: The Heart of the Innovation Journey \/ Le coeur du parcours de l\u2019innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bonnie Zink<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBonnie Zink, Corporate Writer, Researcher & Editor\u00ad\u00ad
\nIn this guest post, Bonnie Zink writes about her experience at the recent Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta conference<\/a>. From rock, paper, scissors to smart neural prostheses it sounds like this conference covered a lot of ground. Thanks Bonnie for telling us about the conference.<\/em>
\nDans ce billet, la blogueuse invit\u00e9e Bonnie Zink relate sa participation \u00e0 la r\u00e9cente conf\u00e9rence du Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta. De roche, papier, ciseaux aux proth\u00e8ses neuronales intelligentes, il semble que cette conf\u00e9rence ait couvert bien du terrain. Merci Bonnie pour cet aper\u00e7u de la conf\u00e9rence.<\/em>
\nIn today’s increasingly digital and networked world, continual learning is an important part of our work. As knowledge workers, we look to connect with professionals in our field, collect a diversity of perspectives about the work that we do, and seek learning opportunities that allow us to share our experiences with and learn from each other. Conferences provide these very opportunities, but there are precious few knowledge translation (KT) specific conferences in Canada.
\nNestled in the heart of Alberta, there is an annual knowledge translation specific conference, hosted by the Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta (RTNA<\/a>), that helps us connect, share, and learn. Since 2002, this annual gathering of\u00a0 KT professionals has provided those of us working in the KT field the opportunity to sharpen our skills, discuss advances and challenges in moving knowledge into action, maximize knowledge exchange by connecting with others in our field, and add new practices to our KT toolkits.
\nDay One:<\/strong>
\nThe 2012 organizers define knowledge translation as a \u00ab\u00a0deliberate, two-way, iterative process of using evidence to help inform decisions\u00a0\u00bb and challenged participants to discover the \u00ab\u00a0key ingredients for doing this successfully.\u00a0\u00bb In other words, what knowledge, skills, and tools do we need to make knowledge translation effective?
\nOver the course of three days, we soon discovered that improving the way research is done and how results are disseminated (\u00ab\u00a0Translation of Medical Evidence into Practice: Failures and Improvements\u00a0\u00bb by John Ioannidis, Professor, Stanford School of Medicine) could ensure that quality evidence makes it to publication and informs the process of what should<\/i>\u00a0 be studied.
\nSusan Nall Bales, President of the Frameworks Institute, talked about \u00ab\u00a0Changing the Conversation – Effectively translating Research for the Public?\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0 The necessity of having better information and a better grasp of research helps us make better decisions for ourselves and the communities we live in and making messages easier for people to understand will help us reach our KT goals.
\nDay One wrapped up with Dr. Judy Birdsell guiding us through an overview of the RTNA, currently celebrating its ten-year anniversary, its roots, and its future.\u00a0 A celebratory dinner brought Doug Walker, Trigger Communications and founder of the international Rock, Paper, Scissors Society, to encourage us to think about whether an idea is valid to consider \u00ab\u00a0What if [that] Idea Wasn’t Stupid?\u00a0\u00bb It may be that no idea is so \u00ab\u00a0stupid\u00a0\u00bb that it would not succeed if promoted and executed well.
\nDay Two:<\/strong>
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Rena Sorenson & Doug Walker at the Rock, Paper, Scissors Competition, RTNA KT conference 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDay Two was all about celebrating successful KT methods and considering solutions to the challenges many of us face while moving research into the hands of those who can use it to effectively promote positive social change.\u00a0 Grouped by theme, concurrent rounds of abstract presentations addressed implementing effective KT strategies,\u00a0 strategic planning methods to enable a successful KT plan, innovative approaches to KT, the role of the KT professional, and fostering collaborative partnerships between researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
\nEach year the best of the best receive recognition and this year’s winners were:<\/p>\n