Type of need | Example |
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Resources | |
 Funding | KT-specific grants, subsidies |
 Expertise/personnel | KT consultants or team members, communications specialists, clinical research associates, statisticians |
 Time | Protected time (academic appointments) |
Support | |
 Recognition | Promotion and tenure |
 Education and training | Workshops, info sessions, webinars, ‘KT 101’, graduate courses, skills assessments for team members |
 Leadership and mentoring | Institutional leaders, aggressive and active involvement in KT |
 Institutional/cultural changes | Improved KT infrastructure (e.g.: access to information), structural changes (e.g.: pay-for-performance healthcare model) |
Opportunities | |
 Collaboration and networking | Facilitated networks, provider engagement, large consortiums |
 Experience in KT | Hands-on KT, engaging in process, experiencing KT successes |
Research | |
 Advance the science of KT | Finding gaps, context-specific KT strategies, evaluation and maintenance of KT strategies, systems research |
Promotion of KT | |
 Increased awareness, communication, discussion of KT | Regular events, social media development opportunities, understanding roles and expectations between researchers and stakeholders |