What is Knowledge Translation?
Imagine two mountains. On one mountain are the researchers who generate a staggering amount of research results every year. On the other mountain are the decision-makers, policy-makers, administrators, health care providers, patients, and consumers.
There is a tremendous difference between the two and between what we know from research and what we do in health care. So, how can we bridge the gap between the two mountains so that research results can effectively inform decision-making in healthcare?
Knowledge translation (KT) is only one term among many that refers to the deliberate process of information exchange between producers and potential users of research that supports evidence-informed decision making and decision-informed research, ultimately for the betterment of peoples' lives.
Related terms include: knowledge transfer, research transfer, research utilization, knowledge mobilization, and knowledge management. At AIHS, we understand KT to mean all of these things.
What's New
The Ambassador Project on Chronic Pain Presents: Living Well with Chronic Back Pain- Plain Language Workshop:
May 29 & 30, 2013 in Calgary - Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Workshop:
June 20 & 21, 2013 in Edmonton - 2013 HYRS Application Forms Now Available
Now Available!
Collaborative Health Innovation Network (CHIN) Public Engagement and Knowledge Translation Environmental Scan
Enter the Evidence-Informed Healthcare Renewal Portal
Become an RTNA Member
Do you think that research can be better mobilized to inform healthcare policy and practice?
Then become a member of the Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta!
