Models of knowledge translation in healthcare.
| Models | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research Model of Knowledge Translation | Integrates KT at multiple opportunities from knowledge creation to application to assessment of effect; replaced by knowledge-to-action process. |
| Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing | Formal organizational process linking nursing users and researchers when practice problems are identified. |
| Coordinated Implementation Model | Outlines factors that affect implementation of existing research in practice environment, including coordination of those involved. |
| Framework for Adopting an Evidence-informed Innovation in an Organization | Describes 5 questions to assess how characteristics of the innovation, organization, and people affect decision making around implementation. |
| Framework for Knowledge Transfer | Suggests 5 questions to consider regarding research knowledge, people, KT process, and outcomes. |
| Interfaces and Receptor Model | Focuses on interactions between researchers and policymakers and their effects on decision making. |
| Iowa Model of Research Use in Practice | Nurses identify questions based on practice problems and work with organizational team to develop, apply, and evaluate practice change. |
| Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Brokering Model | Depends on the observations of a knowledge broker to identify a problem and its context, and then design an intervention within a healthcare organization. |
| Knowledge-to-Action Process | Integrates KT in knowledge creation, adaptation and application, evaluation of outcomes, and maintenance of knowledge use. |
| Ottawa Model of Research Use | Focuses on selection and tailoring of interventions to practice context to increase use of research knowledge. |
| Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) | Examines how design, organization and external content, and target population affect the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions. |
| Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services Framework | Emphasizes facilitating implementation of evidence from various sources (e.g., research, clinical experience, patient experience) into practice. |
| Stetler Model of Research Utilization | Model for practitioners to evaluate research, decide on application, and evaluate outcomes. |
| Understanding User Context Framework | Proposes a series of questions to guide researchers’ understanding of intended knowledge users. |
KT: knowledge translation.