Library Services: Library & Knowledge Services: Knowledge Translation

Interventions for Healthcare - What Works Where?

KT Methods for Healthcare Professionals
This summary table is an overview of the evidence supporting a range of knowledge translation (KT) strategies aimed at healthcare professionals.
Linking Barriers to Intervention Functions
Use this table to assist you in choosing intervention functions to address your KT goals.

Download Tools & Templates

C&W Knowledge Translation Plan Template
Guides you through the factors to consider when planning effective knowledge translation and implementation.

StrategEase Tool
This interactive tool from The Center for Implementation guides you in choosing KT strategies tailored to barriers to change.
Advanced Knowledge Translation (Sunny Hill Evidence Centre)
Worksheets using theories and frameworks grounded in implementation science to guide you through each stage of KT planning.
RNAO Leading Change Toolkit
Provides tools, resources and examples to support teams in moving evidence into practice.
A Guide for Patient Safety Improvement
A guide for integrating Knowledge Translation and Quality Improvement approaches.
KT Pathways
An online self-assessment tool and resource guide to identify and improve your KT skills and knowledge.

Knowledge Translation (KT) is the process of describing, guiding and informing the moving of evidence into practice. Basically, it is about putting more of what we know into what we do. Below is an evolving list of resources to help you get started with your own KT practice.

Source: Graham ID, Logan J, Harrison MB, Straus SE, Tetroe J, Caswell W, Robinson N. Lost in knowledge translation: time for a map? J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2006 Winter;26(1):13-24

Online Learning Opportunities

The Center for Implementation
Online resources, training and online courses (some free, some $) to support implementation in practice.
Innovation to Implementation: A Practical Guide to Knowledge Translation in Health Care
A free online course available to help participants understand and use the 7 steps of the I2I (Innovation to implementation) in their KT work. The course can be completed in less than 20 minutes, over multiple sessions.

Knowledge Translation Learning & Support at C+W

KT Consultation Request
The Learning & Development KT Team provides mentorship and support for creating effective KT strategies for practice and health service change to improve care. Connect with our team by completing a consultation request. We support nursing, allied health and interdisciplinary teams
KT Design Collaborative
KT Design Collaborative is delivered virtually over a 3 month period. Participants will attend five 60 minute learning bursts from 12-1pm. Not currently offered, watch this space for future opportunities.
LearningHub Registration: KT 101
This 50 minute webinar will introduce knowledge translation (KT) and how KT can be useful in your role.

PPT from KT 101
Slides used in the KT 101 webinars.

Books

All books below are available for staff to borrow from the Study & Learning Commons (4th floor SHY)

Knowledge Translation in Health Care by Ian D. Graham (Editor); Sharon E. Straus (Editor); Jacqueline Tetroe (Editor)
Call Number: REF KT 100 STR 2013
ISBN: 9781118413548
Publication Date: 2013-08-19
The Behaviour Change Wheel: A Guide to Designing Interventions by Michie S, Atkins L, West R
Call Number: REF KT 200 MIC 2014
ISBN: 1912141000
Publication Date: 2014-05-31
Knowledge Translation in Nursing and Healthcare by Margaret B. Harrison; Ian D. Graham
Call Number: REF KT 100 HAR 2021
ISBN: 9780813811857
Publication Date: 2021-03-23

BC Children's & BC Women's are programs of British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority. Library & Knowledge Services are provided through C&W Learning & Development, part of the Practice & Learning portfolio at BC Children's & BC Women's. Learning & Development is here to provide you and your team with education and professional development resources to enable excellent patient care and to support your life-long learning. We are located within the unceded, occupied, traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilil̓w̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) where these guides were conceptualized and created.