How the study of networks informs knowledge translation and implementation: a scoping review

COVID-19 has arguably affected health professions education. Educators have rapidly transitioned to delivering educational sessions remotely while clinical training opportunities have been canceled, postponed or modified. Recent commentaries and reports have recommended leveraging existing online educational resources like pre-recorded lectures, blogs, and podcasts to facilitate health professions remote learning. However, the feasibility of doing so remains uncertain and the impacts thereof are also a matter for concern. In this work, we present our critical scoping review protocol. We aim to explore whether and how health professions educators have used social media as a mechanism of dissemination and knowledge translation to support evidence informed HPE approaches in the peer-reviewed and grey literature, drawing on Engeström's Activity Theory as a guiding theoretical framework.

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A Delphi study to establish a consensus definition and clinical reporting guidelines for Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.

10.1101/2021.06.18.21259151 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Laurent Renesme ◽

Kelly D Cobey ◽

Maxime Le ◽

Manoj M Lalu ◽

Bernard Thebaud

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Translation ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Delphi Study ◽

Clinical Studies ◽

Reporting Guidelines ◽

Research Network ◽

Dissemination And Implementation ◽

Consensus Definition ◽

Core Group ◽

Modified Delphi

Introduction. Despite being more than two decades of research, Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) treatments are still struggling to cross the translational gap. Two key issues that likely contribute to these failures are i) the lack of clear definition for MSC and ii) poor quality of reporting in MSC clinical studies. To address these issues, we propose a modified Delphi study to establish a consensus definition for MSC and clinical reporting guidelines for MSC. Methods and analysis. We will conduct a three-round international modified Delphi Survey. Findings from a recent scoping review examining how MSC are defined and reported in preclinical and clinical studies were used to draft the initial survey for round one of our Delphi. Participants will include a "core group" of individuals as well as researchers whose work was captured in our scoping review. The core group will include stakeholders from different research fields including developmental biology, translational science, research methods, regulatory practices, scholarly journal editing, and industry. The first two survey rounds will be online, and the final round will take place in person. Each participant will be asked to rate their agreement on potential MSC definition characteristics and reporting items using a Likert scale. After each round, we will analyse data to determine which items have reached consensus for inclusion/exclusion, and then develop a revised questionnaire for any new items, or items that did not reach consensus. Ethics and dissemination. This study received ethical approval from the Ottawa Health Research Network Research Ethics Board. To support the dissemination of our findings, we will use an evidence-based "integrated knowledge translation" approach to engage knowledge users from the inception of the research. This will allow us to develop a tailored end-of-project knowledge translation plan to support and ensure dissemination and implementation of the Delphi results.

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Swallowing behaviours and feeding environment in relation to communication development from early infancy to 6 years of age: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028850 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. e028850

Author(s):

Heather Flowers ◽

Daniel Bérubé ◽

Mona Ebrahimipour ◽

Marie-France Perrier ◽

Sarah Moloci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Knowledge Translation ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Research Direction ◽

Developmental Trajectory ◽

Swallowing Function ◽

Communication Development ◽

Study Results ◽

Collection Form

IntroductionUnderstanding the influences of early swallowing function and feeding environment on the development of communication will enhance prevention and intervention initiatives for young children. This scoping review will help elucidate key elements affecting the developmental trajectory of communicative systems, typically robust and well-developed by formal school entry. We aim to (1) map the current state of the literature in a growing field of interest that has the potential to advance knowledge translation, (2) identify existing gaps and (3) provide research direction for future investigations surrounding feeding-swallowing functions and environment that support or forestall communication development in young children.Methods and analysisWe are proposing a scoping review to identify the breadth and depth of the existing literature regarding swallowing-feeding functions and environment relative to the onset and progression of communicative behaviours from infancy to 6 (<6;0) years of age. Our protocol delineates rigorous methods according to Arskey and O’Malley’s framework and includes elaborations by Levac and colleagues. We will search the literature based on 10 databases, 17 peer-reviewed journals, 4 conference proceedings and 6 grey literature sources. Two authors will independently screen abstracts and review full articles, remaining blind to each other’s results. A third author will contribute to resolving any discrepant results from both the abstract and article review. Subsequently, we will extract data and chart information from accepted articles using a pre-established data collection form. We will stratify results according to healthy versus impaired swallowing-feeding functions and communication development.Ethics and disseminationOur scoping review does not require ethical approval. We will disseminate our final study results through international and national conference presentations, publication in a peer-reviewed journal and knowledge translation activities with stakeholders.

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