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Date: April 15, 2011

Venue: Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre (Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute

Attendance: 56

Dr. Ian Graham is Vice-President of the Knowledge Translation Portfolio at Canadian Institutes of Health Research. At CIHR, he is responsible for knowledge translation, partnerships and citizen engagement, communication and public outreach, and pan-institute affairs and initiatives. Dr Graham is on leave from his position as Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, University of Ottawa and Senior Social Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He holds cross-appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Community Medicine and is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Nursing at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Graham obtained a B.A. in sociology from ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Victoria, and a Ph.D. in medical sociology from ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Dr. Graham's research has largely focused on knowledge translation (the process of research use) and conducting applied research on strategies to increase implementation of research findings and evidence-based practice. He has also advanced KT science through the developed two planned action models, the Ottawa Model of Research Use and more recently the Knowledge to Action Model, as well as the Practice Guideline Evaluation and Adaptation Cycle. Specific research projects have related to the adaptation, implementation, and quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines, as well as the uptake of guidelines and decision support tools by practitioners. He has published over 200 peer reviewed papers. He is co-editor of Knowledge Translation in Health Care published by Wiley-Blackwell (2009).

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1. Improving health services delivery during transition to adulthood for youth with spina bifida and their families: An integrated KT project

June Litowski, Laurie Snider, Isabelle Hamel-Hebert, Karen Hetzel, Geneviève Côté-Leblanc, Dominique Richard, Marie-Claude SaindonÌý

2. Knowledge of Knee Osteoarthritis (KOKO) Study – A population based survey in Quebec: Pilot Phase

Shreya Prasanna, Nicol Korner-BItensky, Sara Ahmed

3. Reviewing a chronic pain program in the context of a tertiary care hospital: Identifying gaps in patient care

Maria Pardo Lopez-De Rivera, Sara Ahmed, Maureen Simmonds, Geneviève Côté-Leblanc, Mylene Kosseim, Diana Dawes, Chronic Pain Program TeamÌý

4. Evaluating the impacts of participation in integrated knowledge translation on the behavior and attitude of clinicians toward evidence-based practices

Geneviève Côté-Leblanc, Richard Preuss, Isabelle Hamel-Hebert, Priscilla Lopes

5. Getting on with your life with MS: A knowledge translation tool

Stanley Hum, Nancy Mayo, Ayse Kuspinar, Shanaz Shahrbanian, Miho Asano, Susan Bartlett, Carolina Moriello

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. The facilitators and barriers impacting on return to work potential for injured non-job-attached workers

2. Local Communities of Practice in rehabilitation: Bridging the gap between research and clinical practice

Dahlia Kairy, Joyce Fung, Adrianna Venturini, Carrie Soloman

3. Increasing occupational therapists’ use of best practices in the management of unilateral spatial neglect post-strokeÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Anita Petzold, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, Sara Ahmed

4. Cerebral palsy rehabilitation information for families: Assessing the quality of the CP-Engine website

5. Knowledge transfer for improving outcomes for older patients following a hip fracture repair:Ìý An environmental scanÌý