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The Most Difficult Part of Communication is to Ensure that it Happens!

Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 - June 19, 2012. Hunter JA 1 , Khan AF 2 , Zhong R 3 , Hsieh JTCH 1 , Wolfe D 2 and the SCI KMN 1: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation 2: Parkwood Hospital, Lawson Health Research Institute 3: Rick Hansen Foundation.

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The Most Difficult Part of Communication is to Ensure that it Happens!

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  1. Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 - June 19, 2012 Hunter JA1, Khan AF2, Zhong R3, Hsieh JTCH1, Wolfe D2 and the SCI KMN 1: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation 2: Parkwood Hospital, Lawson Health Research Institute 3: Rick Hansen Foundation The Most Difficult Part of Communication is to Ensure that it Happens!

  2. Talk Contents

  3. The Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network: Funded By: We are … 6 Canadian rehabilitation centres working together to uniformly apply the principles of Implementation Science to facilitate best practice adoption in the area of secondary complications to SCI. Supported By: Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment

  4. Benefits: • Challenges: Collaboration Benefits of our Community of Practice Different Physical Locations Concerted Effort towards change OUTWEIGH French/English Sharing Work and Expertise Challenges of the Network Different Time Zones Scheduling conflicts Friendly “Competition” Technical Issues Innovative

  5. How do we Overcome these Challenges?

  6. Disclaimer! Online collaboration is a fancy way of saying “a group of people trying to complete work toward a common goal via communications technology.” Jonathan Eyler-Werve, technology consultant who specializes in making technology accessible

  7. SCI KMN There are a Variety of Collaboration Platforms out there:

  8. The Rick Hansen Institute (RHI) made an in-kind contribution of their SharePoint licence to the SCI KMN. RHI provides IT and technical support, while the actual creation of the site, design and local administration is performed internally within the SCI KMN. Working virtually on SharePoint allows all SCI KMN members to: participate in content creation host discussions online share information / files give feedback / feedforward automatically archive changes SharePoint + SCI KMN

  9. Educating the Network We pre-recorded Online “Webinars” to educate SCI KMN members on how to easily use SharePoint and answer Frequently Asked Questions. Some sample webinars are: Introduction to SharePoint (20 min) How to Upload, Download and Modify Documents (8 min) How to set up Alerts (8 min) Changing passwords (document) New SharePoint Tools (8 min) Transitioning to an Online Workspace

  10. There have been less “new” users each month using the site and now most of the users are “regular” returning users User Uptake has been Strong SharePoint has streamlined SCI KMN communication. • See the following examples...

  11. ...Reducing Email Inbox Traffic!

  12. ... Allowing members to work at their own availability

  13. ... Search Function allows users to locate documents easily

  14. Conclusion The SCI KMN’s power lies in it’s Community of Practice: The SCI KMN SharePoint website facilitates our internal communication. It organizes our work, tracks our progress and keeps our network motivated from within. P.S. ...... Keep an eye out for our external website. Coming soon – www.scikmn.com

  15. SCI KMN Members

  16. For More Information: • Jennifer Hunter, SCI KMN Project Coordinator and SharePoint Contact • jennifer@onf.org • Amanda Khan, Parkwood Hospital Site Spinal Cord Injury Coordinator and SharePoint Technical Support • amanda.khan@sjhc.london.on.ca Moving Forward as a Team The Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network

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