Abstract
BackgroundIn the past 15 years, knowledge translation in healthcare has emerged as a multifaceted and complex agenda. Theoretical and polemical discussions, the development of a science to study and measure the effects of translating research evidence into healthcare, and the role of key stakeholders including academe, healthcare decision-makers, the public, and government funding bodies have brought scholarly, organizational, social, and political dimensions to the agenda.ObjectiveThis paper discusses the current knowledge translation agenda in Canadian healthcare and how elements in this agenda shape the discovery and translation of health knowledge.DiscussionThe current knowledge translation agenda in Canadian healthcare involves the influence of values, priorities, and people; stakes which greatly shape the discovery of research knowledge and how it is or is not instituted in healthcare delivery. As this agenda continues to take shape and direction, ensuring that it is accountable for its influences is essential and should be at the forefront of concern to the Canadian public and healthcare community. This transparency will allow for scrutiny, debate, and improvements in health knowledge discovery and health services delivery.
Highlights
In the past 15 years, knowledge translation in healthcare has emerged as a multifaceted and complex agenda
The knowledge translation agenda remains at the forefront of international debate and concern, with extensive focus on the large gap that remains between research knowledge and healthcare practice
Government has become a key stakeholder in the agenda with health research funding agencies from across the world (e.g., Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research) developing key funding directives and statements on the importance of knowledge translation to healthcare to promote effective, timely, and responsible translation of health research results
Summary
The knowledge translation agenda in Canadian healthcare The current healthcare research agenda in Canada is a more balanced one. [It] results in mutual learning through the process of planning, producing, disseminating, and applying existing or new research in decision-making" [44] Using these definitions, both agencies have established key funding directives to encourage the translation of health research knowledge to better influence policy and healthcare practice decisions. Http://www.implementationscience.com/content/2/1/32 ing relationships between researchers and decision-/policy-makers (e.g., community-university partnerships [CUP] programs) and developing leadership and skills to better use research information in the healthcare system, including SEARCH Canada (Swift, Efficient Application of Research in Community Health) [54] and the EXTRA (Executive Training for Research Application) programs [55] These opportunities, need to be more consistent in the Canadian system as a means of formal markers for professional development and work scope
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