Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $210 (nonmember, $315)
Attendance Maximum: 25

Instructor(s): Kathleen Ann McKibbon, Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, and Connie Schardt, AHIP, Associate Director, Public Services, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC

Offered: Saturday, May 17, 8:00 a.m.–noon

Discovering or generating new knowledge has been a major goal to improve health and well being and library services and staffing. Just as important, or maybe even more important, is the ability to transfer new knowledge or evidence from research to effect changes in practice. Participants will learn the basics and theory behind knowledge translation and what enhances effective and timely adoption of new knowledge. Using case studies, participants will also have the opportunity to explore both obstacles to knowledge transfer and innovative strategies that enhance moving knowledge to improved products or services.