Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres
<p>Research centres have been always trying to promote their knowledge translation activities. Thus, understanding the status of knowledge translation in research centres is of high importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the status of knowledge translation in Iranian medical rese...
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| author | Niloofar Mohaghegh Maryam Zarghani Iman Tahamtan Ahmad Ghasghaee Sorayya Mousavi |
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| description | <p>Research centres have been always trying to promote their knowledge translation activities. Thus, understanding the status of knowledge translation in research centres is of high importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the status of knowledge translation in Iranian medical research centres to identify their weaknesses and strengths. This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study. To collect the data, we used a self-assessment tool which consisted of four domains: “research question”, “knowledge production”, “knowledge transfer”, and “the use of evidence”. Data was analyzed using SPSS and descriptive statistics. The mean score of “knowledge translation” in the studied research centres was 3.21 (<em>SD</em>= 0.69, <em>Median</em>= 3.29). “Knowledge production” obtained the highest score (<em>M</em>= of 3.6, <em>SD</em>= 0.72), followed by “knowledge transfer” (<em>M</em>=3.16,<em> SD</em> =0.76), “research question” (<em>M</em>=3.09, <em>SD</em>= 0.73), and “the use of evidence” (<em>M</em>= 2.95, <em>SD</em>= 0.98). Medical research centres had a proper situation in all aspects of knowledge translation. However, they should try to identify and prioritize the research questions of stakeholders and target groups by making more efficient relationship with them. They should also prepare appropriate reports of research results and should consider enough budgets for disseminating the reports among target groups and healthcare decision makers in order to allow them understand the actionable message of research results.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d060dd63aca431eb600a9f5f6d04d262022-12-22T01:40:32ZengRegional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST)International Journal of Information Science and Management2008-83022008-83102017-06-01152288Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research CentresNiloofar Mohaghegh0Maryam Zarghani1Iman Tahamtan2Ahmad Ghasghaee3Sorayya Mousavi4Instructor, Department of Library and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.MSc, Department of Library and Medical Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Ph.D. Student, School of Information Sciences, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USABSc student, Department of Health management, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranMSc student, Department of Library and Medical Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran<p>Research centres have been always trying to promote their knowledge translation activities. Thus, understanding the status of knowledge translation in research centres is of high importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the status of knowledge translation in Iranian medical research centres to identify their weaknesses and strengths. This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study. To collect the data, we used a self-assessment tool which consisted of four domains: “research question”, “knowledge production”, “knowledge transfer”, and “the use of evidence”. Data was analyzed using SPSS and descriptive statistics. The mean score of “knowledge translation” in the studied research centres was 3.21 (<em>SD</em>= 0.69, <em>Median</em>= 3.29). “Knowledge production” obtained the highest score (<em>M</em>= of 3.6, <em>SD</em>= 0.72), followed by “knowledge transfer” (<em>M</em>=3.16,<em> SD</em> =0.76), “research question” (<em>M</em>=3.09, <em>SD</em>= 0.73), and “the use of evidence” (<em>M</em>= 2.95, <em>SD</em>= 0.98). Medical research centres had a proper situation in all aspects of knowledge translation. However, they should try to identify and prioritize the research questions of stakeholders and target groups by making more efficient relationship with them. They should also prepare appropriate reports of research results and should consider enough budgets for disseminating the reports among target groups and healthcare decision makers in order to allow them understand the actionable message of research results.</p>https://ijism.ricest.ac.ir/index.php/ijism/article/view/1061translational medical researchknowledge managementknowledge transferknowledge sharingknowledge production |
| spellingShingle | Niloofar Mohaghegh Maryam Zarghani Iman Tahamtan Ahmad Ghasghaee Sorayya Mousavi Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres International Journal of Information Science and Management translational medical research knowledge management knowledge transfer knowledge sharing knowledge production |
| title | Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres |
| title_full | Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres |
| title_short | Assessing Knowledge Translation in Iranian Medical Research Centres |
| title_sort | assessing knowledge translation in iranian medical research centres |
| topic | translational medical research knowledge management knowledge transfer knowledge sharing knowledge production |
| url | https://ijism.ricest.ac.ir/index.php/ijism/article/view/1061 |
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