Research summary
Integrated knowledge translation (iKT) is a promising-but poorly understood-research approach that involves the end users of health-care research-such as patients, clinicians and decision-makers-in the research process from start to finish.
As Canada Research Chair in Integrated Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation Sciences, Dr. Kathryn Sibley wants to better understand how the priorities and diversity considerations of these end users are incorporated in iKT, with a focus on rehabilitation. She and her research team are developing and evaluating iKT practice and coming up with recommendations to improve its use in fall prevention and rehabilitation services for older adults. Ultimately, their research will help form a “feedback loop” that both improves iKT processes and outcomes, and promotes the production of more useful research.