Melanie Barwick, a friend, colleague and leader in knowledge translation and mobilization is organizing a watershed professional development event in Toronto:

Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Workshop

Hospital for Sick Children

Monday August 31 and Tuesday September 1 2009

Time:  8:30am to 4:30pm

Fee:  $300 (includes KT Manual, KT Planning Template, KT Certificate of Completion)

See link for registration and curriculum details: 

http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,M3,b7d04d50-e547-4433-9b9d-46b6761a5d4a

Limited registration to 25 people.

Lunch served both days.

 

A well-developed knowledge translation (KT) plan is emerging as a proposal requirement for health research in Canada and abroad, and there is greater attention to research utilization and research impact.  The SKTT© training course was developed on the premise that scientists are agents of change in creating research impact, promoting research utilization, and ensuring their research findings reach the appropriate audiences.  There is a skill set surrounding KT practice, and it is these competencies that the training course was designed to impart.