Nov.12 - Knowledge Translation Canada: National Seminar Series

Please join us for Session #3 of the KT Canada National Seminar Series on Thursday, November 12th from 1400-1500 ET (1200-1300 MT), featuring Dr. Anne Sales from the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. ***PLEASE NOTE ALTERED TIME FOR THIS SESSION 1400-1500 ET (1200-1300 MT)***. This session is entitled: "The influence of social networks on KT in long term care facilities" and will describe a current project that assesses social networks in two long term care facilities and their impact on an ongoing KT intervention, delivering feedback reports in these two facilities. Learning Objectives: Session participants will be able to: 1. describe the literature on social networks and how they may influence KT interventions; 2. how to construct a questionnaire to assess social networks; 3. describe early findings on the influence of social networks on an existing KT intervention in long term care. Session poster/evaluation form can be found on the KT Clearinghouse website: http://ktclearinghouse.ca/ktcanada. This session is available by live/archived webcast at http://webcast.otn.ca (search knowledge translation canada rounds). About the speaker: Dr. Sales is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Healthcare Teams, and Chair in Primary Care Research. She has conducted 19 funded research projects, focusing on improving quality of care, knowledge translation and implementation of evidence based best practice, and has over 65 peer-reviewed publications. Her training is in sociology, health economics, econometrics, and general health services research. She is currently conducting two studies of audit with feedback interventions, one in long term care settings, the other in acute hospital and primary care settings. Save the Dates! Fall 2009 December 10th, 2009 - Dr. Jamie Brehaut, Ottawa Health Research Institute - Title: "A Cognitive Perspective of Knowledge Translation" Winter 2009 January 14th, 2010 - Dr. Melissa Brouwers, McMaster University February 11th, 2010 - Dr. Sophie Desroches, Universite Laval March 11th, 2010 - Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya, St. Michael's Hospital April 8th, 2010 - Dr. Ian Graham, Canadian Institutes of Health Research May 13th, 2010 - Dr. Terry Klassen and Lisa Hartling, University of Alberta. All session materials are available at the KT Clearinghouse site including a link to both live and archived webcasts of the series sessions (Current Session ID 8065975): http://ktclearinghouse.ca/ktcanada Registration This session is offered by Telehealth (videoconference) from St. Michael'sHospital in Toronto, Canada. OTN sites: Please reserve your studio and ask your coordinators to email events@otn.ca for North/GTA region, or east.scheduling@otn.ca for East region, or west.scheduling@otn.ca for West region if you need assistance. OTN Telemedicine coordinators can also self-schedule by clicking on the following link: https://schedule.otn.ca/tsm/portal/nonclinical/details.do?request.requestId=8065975 Non-OTN sites: please contact Brad McMillan at its-videoconf@uwo.ca to make connection arrangements. Within the Calgary Health Region (Alberta Health Services), please submit an online Telehealth Booking request to the Telehealth Department, or email: telehealth.support@albertahealthservices.ca. Archives: All Knowledge Translation National Research Network Seminars are available by LIVE and ARCHIVED WEBCAST, except where noted. Sessions can be viewed at: http://webcast.otn.ca (Search: Knowledge Translation Canada Rounds; 3-5 days post session). Slides, session posters and evaluation forms for this and previous sessions are available at: http://ktclearinghouse.ca/ktcanada. Telemedicine broadcasting made possible by The Joseph L. Rotman Institute of Science and Values at the University of Western Ontario and SACHYN (Southern Alberta Child and Youth Health Network). See you there!