| SKTT is offered privately by Melanie
Barwick Consulting and through the Hospital for Sick Children
Learning Institute. Individuals wishing to take the course in
Toronto can register via Cvent for SKTT courses offered by the
Learning Institute, twice per year: Spring and Fall ($450).
Link here to register: http://www.cvent.com/d/6dqgp2/1Q.
Organizations interested in bringing training to their own
group and location can contact Melanie directly to arrange
training to discuss your needs and receive a cost estimate.
(melanie.barwick@sickkids.ca).
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.
The SKTT™ course is intended for researchers in health,
mental health, education, and social sciences who have an
interest in sharing research knowledge with (multiple) audiences
beyond the traditional academic community, as appropriate,
and in increasing the impact potential of their research.
Initially developed to help SickKids' Scientists develop
their KT skills, the course is equally suited to KT professionals,
practitioners, educators, and decision makers in community
based organizations and government. The material is universally
applicable across sectors, job roles, and geographic location.
By the end of 2011, SKTT will have trained 1000 individuals
across Canada, the United States, and internationally since
the program was developed in 2004. Our clients have come as
far as Malaysia and Europe! Corporate clients include:
- Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions/ Research Transfer
Network of Alberta
- The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health
- University of Guelph
- Ontario HIV Treatment Network
- University of Saskatchewan
- National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(USA)
- United States Department of Education (USA)
Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate (KTPC)
The Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate (KTPC™)
is a 5 day professional development course, held by The Hospital
for Sick Children Learning Institute in Toronto, Canada, and
the only course of its kind in North America. The curriculum,
presented as a composite of didactic and interactive teaching,
exemplars, and exercises, focuses on the core competencies
of KT work in Canada, as identified by a survey of KT Practitioners
(Barwick et al., 2010). This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity
for professional development and networking.
The KTPC course is aimed at developing the competencies of
KT practitioners working across all disciplines - not limited
to: health, education, prevention/promotion, and agriculture.
Whether you call yourself a knowledge broker, KT specialist
or work by some other name, this event is of great importance
to helping us close the research to practice gap. However
you identify yourself professionally, this course is for you
if you serve an intermediary role between science and practice.
We invite active participation of your employer to help build
organizational culture for KT.
Completion of this professional development opportunity awards
a certificate of completion from the University of Toronto
Office of Continuing Education for Professional Development.
Please visit Cvent to register or to put your name on the
waitlist; http://www.cvent.com/d/xdqgpt/1Q
This course is highly sought after, and there is typically
a waitlist.
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