{"id":12529,"date":"2010-01-19T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T20:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/michaels-aha-moment\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:03:40","slug":"michaels-aha-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/michaels-aha-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael’s ‘Aha Moment’!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am flattered to know someone asked for a blog based on a Tweet I contributed on the ResearchImpact Twitter feed.\u00a0 First, a few observations and disclaimers.\u00a0 I am glad blog posts do not mirror dissertations in rigour or length.\u00a0 Next, I do not claim to be an authority on \u2018outcomes\u2019 or \u2018impacts\u2019 although my work is heavily invested in both terms\/processes.\u00a0 Lastly, I admit I carried around strong assumptions that the logic model for impact followed a sequential (and not very quick moving) flow from activity to outcome to impact.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>
\nJanuary 11 and 12, I had the pleasure of attending a Scientist Knowledge Translation Training event which was hosted by The Hospital for Sick Children and was led by Drs. Melanie Barwick<\/a> and Donna Lockett<\/a> .\u00a0 Over two days, Melanie and Donna shared practical tools for developing Knowledge Translation (KT) plans, led discussions toward a more clear understanding of KT and provided valuable exercises to improve attendees capacity to understand the \u2018user context\u2019 for successful linkage and exchange, which is a foundation for successful KT.\u00a0 The 25 attendees present were predominantly health practitioners who had KT responsibilities embedded into their job descriptions although there were some health researchers and policy professionals in attendance as well.
\n\"\"<\/a>However, back to the notion of impact.\u00a0 Never one to be terribly shy, I asked about the relationship between outcomes and impact, stating my feeling it was not possible to measure impact so closely to any KT transaction because impact was a by-product of outcomes.\u00a0 What triggered this question was a slide that identified short-term, intermediate and long-term outcomes.\u00a0 Moreover, while this makes sense, some confusion arose for me with regard to \u2018measuring impact\u2019, which in my experience is a challenge in policy and practice-relevant research.\u00a0 So when one of the facilitators commented that she would be seeking impact measures based on short-term behavioural or practice changes amongst the participants of the session, I was skeptical.\u00a0 What followed was a brief discussion between us two about the relationship of outcome and impact and that it is possible to identify impact measure very closely after a KT transaction.
\nThe ensuing discussion did not necessarily change my beliefs around impact in relation to outcomes.\u00a0 Reflecting back, I would say they have expanded my beliefs.\u00a0 Impact is no longer solely a longitudinal process which one must wait (pick your timeframe \u2013 6 months, one year, five years, and so on) to identify behaviour or practice changes.
\nI look forward to further discussion on this topic, and the inevitable reading that I will embark upon to challenge and reinforce my expanded belief system on impact.\u00a0 Given the significance of this topic for publicly funded researchers and practitioners, it is a conversation which we should all be engaged with, and a topic we should give voice to.\u00a0 Hey, that could be a second \u2018aha moment\u2019!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am flattered to know someone asked for a blog based on a Tweet I contributed on the ResearchImpact Twitter feed.\u00a0 First, a few observations and disclaimers.\u00a0 I am glad blog posts do not mirror dissertations in rigour or length.\u00a0 Next, I do not claim to be an authority on \u2018outcomes\u2019 or \u2018impacts\u2019 although my […]<\/p>\n

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