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Inclusive Knowledge Translation Passed

Wednesday May 15, 2024 14:06 - 14:18 G4

Moderator: Helen Lloyd
Presenter: Sandra Zelinsky

Track: Equity

Inclusive Knowledge Translation (IKT) is an evolving approach that prioritizes diverse perspectives and collaborative processes to ensure that research findings are accessible, meaningful, and applicable across varied populations. Person-centred care, with its emphasis on tailoring healthcare to individual needs and preferences, demands a paradigm shift in knowledge translation. Traditional methods may inadvertently exclude certain demographics, hindering the universal applicability of research outcomes. In this context, IKT emerges as a crucial strategy to bridge these gaps and foster a healthcare landscape that truly serves all stakeholders. This presentation will highlight principles of IKT, emphasizing the importance of engaging diverse stakeholders, including patients, families, and community members, throughout the research-to-practice continuum. By actively involving these voices, IKT strives to co-create knowledge that is relevant, culturally sensitive, and responsive to the unique needs of various populations. Furthermore, the session will showcase real IKT examples that were co-developed with patient, family, and community research partners, including the Patient Engagement Podcast (PEP Talks), the Patient Engagement Journal Club, Digital Storytelling, Patient-led co-created conference posters, etc. Attendees will gain insight into how IKT can help research findings reach a broader audience, and enhance communication, trust, and collaboration between academics and people with lived experiences. 

Language

English

Seminar type

Pre-recorded + On-site

Lecture type

Orals

Conference

GCPCC

Authors

Sandra Zelinsky, Maria Santana, Sadia Ahmed, Paul Fairie

Lecturers

Helen Lloyd Moderator

University of Plymouth

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Sandra Zelinsky Presenter

Patient Engagement Researcher
University of Calgary

Sandra is a graduate of the Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER) program from the University of Calgary, and she is a trained Digital Storytelling facilitator from The Story Center, USA. She believes in the importance of bringing the lived experience expertise to health research teams and has seen the direct impact on the conduct and outputs of research. She helps to support research teams in working together in patient engagement and patient-oriented research for the AbSPORU Patient Engagement Team and IMAGINE SPOR Chronic Disease Network. She also conducts qualitative patient-led research with an interest in arts-based approaches, specifically Digital Storytelling. It is her lived experiences as a person living with Crohn’s disease and as a breast cancer survivor that motivates her to work collaboratively in health research.