Knowledge Translation: NIDRR’s KT Program and New KT Projects

1. Knowledge Translation: NIDRR’s KT Program and New KT Projects National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) http://www.ncddr.org Joann Starks Frank Martin

2. Federal Register May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86) Identify standards, guidelines, and methods appropriate for developing evidence-based systematic reviews of disability and rehabilitation research; Serve as a technical assistance resource to NIDRR grantees to ensure that research studies will meet standards for inclusion in evidence-based systematic reviews;

3. Federal Register May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86) (continued) Develop partnerships with existing collaborations and registries to identify gaps and opportunities and to facilitate the systematic review of disability and rehabilitation research; Identify and promote the use of evidence-based reviews in topic areas developed in collaboration with NIDRR and its grantees;

4. Federal Register May 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 86) (continued) (5) Identify, develop, and assess the effectiveness of strategies for dissemination of high quality information to diverse target populations; and (6) Serve as a technical assistance resource to NIDRR research grantees to ensure the use of effective strategies for dissemination of high quality information to diverse target populations.

5. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work • Focus on Services that Facilitate: • Building capacity of NIDRR researchers to negotiate the knowledge translation (KT) process • Increasing inclusion of NIDRR-sponsored research in systematic reviews • Improving consumers' access to and use of disability and rehabilitation research

6. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work NCDDR Service Areas • Research Quality • Development • Dissemination • Technical Assistance • Utilization Effectiveness

7. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work Research Quality Services • Resources on standards of evidence and guidelines • Low cost/no cost modifications

8. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work Development Services • Examples of reporting frameworks and checklists • Disability Research Reporting Facilitator

9. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work Dissemination Services • Library of KT Resources and Strategies • Registries – NIDRR-sponsored Research – Systematic Reviews of Disability and Rehabilitation Research • Communities of Practice – Research Quality – Outreach to Diverse Audiences

10. www.ncddr.org www.ncddr.org

11. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work Technical Assistance Services • On-site • Off-site • Workshops – Systematic Review Training • Toll-free telephone 800-266-1832

12. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work Utilization Effectiveness Services • Support for Conducting Systematic Reviews • Evidence/Product Grading System • Consumer Resources • Evidence-Based Technology

13. Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work NCDDR services support grantees: • JOIN Communities of Practice • CONTRIBUTE to Library/Registries • PARTICIPATE in – Webcasts – Workshops

14. NCDDR Collaborating Partners Campbell Collaboration (C2)• Disability Research Collaborating Group • Online trainingCochrane Collaboration• Disability and Rehabilitation Field GroupNational Guideline Clearinghouse• Registry developmentNational Rehabilitation Information Center• Evidence grading system for products

15. NCDDR Collaborating Partners (cont.) Independent Living Research Utilization• WebcastsRTC on TBI Interventions• Identify research design modificationsPimjai Sudsawad, PhD• Identify and test knowledge dissemination and utilization strategiesRalf Schlosser, PhD• Bridging the gap: Systematic reviews and rehabilitation engineering research

16. Standards and Research Review Board • Will provide guidance and review in establishing standards of evidence for research • Uses a consensus-building approach to ensure the rigor and quality of standards as well as the buy-in necessary for their actual use. • Board Members include senior NIDRR-funded researchers representing RERCs; RRTCs; TBI, SCI, and Burn Model Systems; Field Initiated Projects; Advanced Rehabilitation Training Projects; and ADA/IT Centers.

17. Standards and Research Review Board (cont.) Task Force on Standards of Evidence and Methods The task force will develop and present to the Board draft consensus/position statements and recommendations regarding: • Standards of quality for research addressing each of the three stages of knowledge development identified by NIDRR • Standards of evidence for the systematic review of disability and rehabilitation research

18. Standards and Research Review Board (cont.) Task Force on Systematic Review and Guidelines • Develop and present to the Board draft consensus/ position statements regarding recommended strategies for conducting systematic reviews in disability and rehabilitation research • Review examples and components of guidelines produced in disability-related areas in order to suggest structures and components for developing additional guidelines derived from disability and rehabilitation research.

19. Standards and Research Review Board (cont.) Task Force on KT & Knowledge Value Mapping (KVM) The task force will develop and present to the Board draft consensus/position statements and recommendations regarding: • KVM in relation to moving scientific evidence into policy and practice • Use of the concept of knowledge value communities (KVC) in dissemination and utilization of systematic reviews

20. Knowledge Translation Planning Committee • Will provide guidance to the NCDDR and NIDRR staff regarding supports and services to strengthen the quality of NIDRR’s KT Program. • NCDDR staff will work closely with NIDRR-funded KDU and KT projects to incorporate their work into larger scale efforts in guideline production. • Includes Principal Investigators/representatives of NIDRR’s KDU/Knowledge Translation projects.

21. Your Knowledge Translation Resource Facilitating effective use of NIDRR-sponsored research results in shaping new technologies, improving service delivery, and expanding decision-making options for people with disabilities.