Workshops and Educational Opportunities

The EIDM Workshop focuses on helping participants to engage in decision making that is informed by the purposeful and systematic use of the best available evidence. The workshop is a one-week intensive course. Learning methods include small group (8 to 10 participants) and large group sessions, individual study time, and opportunities to work with a trained librarian. For those whom teaching EIDM may be an outcome, there will be opportunities to practice teaching skills during small group sessions.

This interactive workshop is based on a resource developed by Best Start Resource Centre. “I’m Still Hungry” resource explores the issues of families living in poverty in Ontario.

This workshop will address pertinent information for service providers working with families with young children (0-6 years old) living in poverty. It will share information about rates of child poverty, consequences of child poverty, strategies that influence the impact of child poverty, and strategies that influence the rate of child poverty.

Have you been hearing the buzz about the impact of policy change? Want to influence the health of individuals in your community?
The Healthy Communities Partnership: Lanark, Leeds and Grenville is pleased to invite you to attend a workshop hosted by Nancy Dubois, a health promotion consultant with over 20 years in the field, and expertise in policy development.
Participants will be provided with the opportunity to learn and apply skills related to all aspects of policy change, from assessment to application, and gain practical tips, tools and techniques for policy development. Registration is FREE.

The Institute for Work & Health has been offering two-day systematic review workshops since 2001. This year, we are extending the format of the workshop to 2.5 days.
The workshops are designed to teach participants how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a systematic review. The workshops are intended for clinical trainees, clinicians, academics and researchers such as epidemiologists or statisticians. They are for people who have a general interest in the methodology of systematic reviews or who are planning to conduct a systematic review in the future. The workshop combines a series of short lectures and exercises led by Institute staff and invited lecturers from Canada and Europe.


Standard cost: $1,500 (professional; $500 (student/trainee)

This workshop has been designed to provide educational and networking opportunities to create relationships across the research and practice communities in the areas of nursing health services research. It is intended that relationships built through this event will foster new synergies over time.
We invite all researchers, clinicians, policy-makers, students/trainees and individuals with an interest in nursing health services research. This includes people working or involved in universities, government, health agencies, health authorities, etc.

This event is free of charge to InspireNet members, in thanks to InspireNet’s funder, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.

This course is designed for participants with little to moderate knowledge of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) process who want to learn more about the components and conduct of high quality HTA. Particular attention will be paid to the role of evidence and economic evaluation within the HTA framework. The 4-day Workshop & Forum will take place in Toronto on October 18-21, 2011.

Knowledge Mobilization is putting available knowledge into active service to benefit society. Doing this effectively & efficiently requires both skill and strategy. How methods, tactics, tools and resources are applied to moving knowledge into practice can determine whether we enable change or not. This workshop is focused on practical methods to build knowledge mobilization capacity of individuals and organizations.

Using a comprehensive participant workbook (provided) and expert facilitation, each participant will learn:

Don’t miss this opportunity to make our province the healthiest place it can be. This forum will:

• Showcase the latest applied population health research


• Create a dialogue to strengthen population health

interventions and improve population health equity

• Come away with key implementation actions to integrate state-of-the-art population health knowledge

People and communities that engage with nature are healthier, stronger and more sustainable economically, socially and environmentally. This interdisciplinary forum will focus on awareness building, partnership development, and action planning based on these principles:

1. Spending time in nature improves human health


2. Human health depends on healthy ecosystems


3. Parks and protected areas contribute to vibrant, healthy communities

KT Canada is pleased to offer a one day workshop on “End of Grant KT” at St Michael’s Hospital on August 15, 2011. The course objectives are:

• To provide an approach to end of grant KT


• To provide a framework for writing your ‘end of grant’ KT section


• To understand the difference between end of grant KT and integrated KT

This event is sponsored by the Section on Evidence Based Health Care, The New York Academy of Medicine. It will be held on August 10-12, 2011. The event will be comprised of three interconnected tracks: Forming Recommendations Using GRADE, Implementing Clinical Evidence in Care Settings, and Evidence Based Individualized Care.

The goal of this 5-day training institute is to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi-level transdisciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of interventions (e.g., clinical, community, policy).
Participants will be expected to return to their home institutions prepared to share what they have learned at the institute to help grow the field of D&I research (e.g., giving talks, leading seminars, forming new collaborations, mentoring, and submitting D&I grant proposals etc).

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto is pleased to offer a selection of summer workshops to members of the public health and medical science communities over the months of May-August, 2011. These workshops, ranging in levels from elementary to advanced, are designed for individuals with interests in the fields of biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, and global health. In addition to workshop lectures, participants will be given ample opportunities to implement practical examples of the lecture material, mainly via hands-on computer exercises. For particulars, please see the individual workshop descriptions below by clicking on the workshop titles. If you need further information, please contact Wendy Lou

Funded in part by a grant from AHRQ, this five-day workshop will focus on teaching the basics of, and developing further insights into, the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of health services.
The practical strategies taught at the EBHC Workshop have been developed over the past three decades by clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health economists and others working together to combine basic scientific principles with common sense. Our workshop faculty includes leading evidence-based health care researchers and educators. Past participants have included physicians, nurses, policy makers, physical therapists, medical librarians, health care journalists, health care consumer advocates and educators.
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Formulate questions arising from their own health care practice that can be answered

Identify relevant evidence that can be used to answer questions and make well-informed clinical decisions

• Critically appraise the validity and applicability of evidence


• Use valid and applicable evidence to make well-informed health care decisions

A program of optional workshops will take place on Thursday, June 16, 2011 offering participants the opportunity to enhance their knowledge or gather information about a specific topic. Not only are these workshops excellent opportunities in themselves, but they also offer the chance to interact in a smaller group setting. All workshops are full day events and the number of participants is limited.

The registration fee of $150 is additional to the conference and includes breakfast, lunch and 2 breaks.

Europe is currently at a point of unprecedented change in healthcare, with the global eco-nomic crisis, an ageing population, and the advances being made in available technology. Those professionals planning healthcare systems of the future, face challenges unforeseen previously if they are to significantly reduce health inequalities. However, access to quality healthcare is only part of the means by which we need to address health inequalities, since there is ample evidence to suggest that much health inequality is socially determined.

This three day workshop aims to explore ways of improving population health and reduc-ing health inequalities through two different approaches.

The Institute for Work & Health has been offering two-day systematic review workshops since 2001. This year, we are extending the format of the workshop to 2.5 days.
The workshops are designed to teach participants how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a systematic review. The workshops are intended for clinical trainees, clinicians, academics and researchers such as epidemiologists or statisticians. They are for people who have a general interest in the methodology of systematic reviews or who are planning to conduct a systematic review in the future. The workshop combines a series of short lectures and exercises led by Institute staff and invited lecturers from Canada and Europe.

Standard cost: $1,500 (professional; $500 (student/trainee)

The Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation (C2E2) is pleased to offer a 5 day course on systematic reviews in June 2011. This course is intended for clinicians, researchers, health care professionals, graduate students, decision makers, and those interested in undertaking a systematic review or who want to better understand, interpret and use systematic reviews. This course would also be relevant to those in the private or public sectors including health authorities, pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers. The intention of the course is to provide participants with an understanding of the key components in both systematic reviews and rapid reviews for policy makers.

This workshop aims to transfer leading-edge knowledge on the control and health effects of lead to regulatory agencies and decision-makers at municipalities. Presentations will include findings from the CWN-funded project Developing a Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce Lead at the Tap in Canada, as well as reviews of recent international developments.
Workshop highlights include breaking results from a Montreal-based health study on the impacts of environmental sources of lead on Canadian children. National and international keynote speakers will present lessons learned about sampling and treatment in the US, Canada and the European community. A panel of experts will examine issues related to lead in tap water and stimulate a lively discussion with participants.

Are you thinking of undertaking a Cochrane review? Have you recently registered a review title with a Cochrane group? If so, please join us at McMaster University for Cochrane’s standard author training course this May. Take this two-day session to learn the basic skills of conducting a Cochrane review. Topics include protocols,setting your question, literature searching, study selection, assessing bias, data and analysis, formulating conclusions, and a hands-on session with the Review Manager software.
A registration fee of $200 CDN includes materials, refreshments and lunch.

Decisions about practice, program development, and policy making confront those involved with health care on a daily bases. Such decisions may include interpreting diagnostic tests, identifying the harm associated with a particular treatment, understanding the course of a disease in a specific patient, determining the effectiveness of interventions, or establishing the cost and consequences many other clinical decision. The EIDM Workshop focuses on helping participants to engage in decision making that is informed by the purposeful and systematic use of the best available evidence.

• Advance your skills in critical appraisal of research literature


• Learn strategies for implementing evidence-informed decisions


• Small and large group sessions led by faculty at McMaster


• Tutorial groups for health professionals in advanced practice, library services, oncology and public health, in addition to groups for faculty and other clinical nursing areas

OAHPP, in conjunction with the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development at the University of Toronto, has arranged for one of the most renowned experts in risk communication, Dr. Peter Sandman to hold a three day workshop in Toronto.
This workshop is focused on providing attendees with comprehensive understanding and skills to apply the principles of good risk communicationin their work and will be useful to anyone who deals with the public on risk issues. Three applications central to the work of public health practitioners will be covered:

• Precaution advocacy


• Outrage management


• Crisis communication

Evidence-based practice involves applying evidence to clinical and policy decision making. Critical appraisal provides the tools to assess the quality of evidence in the medical literature and to determine the risks and benefits of different management strategies. Through this trans-disciplinary workshop you will work through relevant examples in order to develop skills in searching for and identifying appropriate evidence, critically appraising the evidence, and applying the evidence to your area of expertise.
Whether you are interested in learning more about “Putting Evidence into Practice” or enhancing your knowledge, you will benefit from the expertise of your group’s leader, co-leader and librarian. Small groups are set up into different fields of study so the information that is taught is relevant and applicable. Participants from all disciplines and all learning levels will benefit from this workshop.

Today’s researchers understand it’s no longer good enough to do the research, write up the results and present them at a conference of like-minded peers. You have to get your work out of the ivory tower and into the hands and minds of those who will use it to shape emerging policies and practices. What’s more, the increasing speed of global change means this process of knowledge translation, transfer or exchange has to happen quickly and continuously so that research can be used before its shelf life expires.

During this two-day workshop, you will find out how to collaborate with stakeholders, policymakers and practitioners to build their considerations into your research program before you even begin. You will learn how to develop comprehensive research-use strategies and plain language communication products to position your findings for the greatest impact. You will move beyond the “publish or perish” tradition toward fostering the relationships and networks often required to develop cross-sectoral solutions to multi-faceted problems. And you will begin to see how the feedback gathered from partners will help ensure your research remains relevant over time.

This is an introductory course about the essential core concepts of health promotion. Thirty (30) participants will have an opportunity to discuss the concepts, review examples, and identify applications to their own work. This telephone and web-based opportunity will be led by THCU facilitators Nancy Dubois and Robb MacDonald. We will use the on-line Health Promotion 101 course material found at www.ohprs.ca/hp101/main.htm as the core curriculum.

Health Promotion 101 is an on-line, self-directed course designed for health promotion practitioners as well as those interested in learning more about the field of health promotion. Nine modules address the key aspects of health promotion theory and practice, including definitions and concepts, models of health, theories of behaviour, organization and community change, and health promotion values and strategies. Participants will become familiar with essential health promotion concepts, and, in so doing, increase their capacity to promote healthy changes in individuals, organizations, and communities. THCU’s HP 101 audio and web conference series will support your work by giving you an opportunity to discuss health promotion theories, concepts, and practice with colleagues.

This workshop guides participants through the steps of developing a systematic review. Designed for individuals who have published a protocol in The Cochrane Library or who have a protocol approved for publication by a Cochrane Review Group, the workshop is also open to those interested in learning more about performing systematic reviews, space permitting. The workshop includes presentations about Cochrane methodology (identification of best evidence, quality assessment, synthesis and analysis) and hands-on practice using the Cochrane Collaboration’s Review Manager (RevMan) software.

In each of our 75 minute lecture-style webinars, we begin with an overview of key concepts and terms, then briefly address the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of each step in the relevant model, then bring the most challenging steps to life with examples, and to close, identify quality sources of more information, tools and describe THCU’s customized consultation services.

In each of our 90 minute interactive application webinars we begin with a brief review of the relevant step-model,then bring the most challenging steps to life through interactive exercises and small group discussions, then discuss “on the job” challenges identified by participants, and to close, orient participants to opportunities for further discussion on THCU’s blog, and further assistance through our consultation services.

For research to influence the practice of public health, its findings must be relevant for those in the field. Designing research questions in partnership with practitioners, who have their pulse on public health’s most pressing needs, can help ensure relevance. Similarly, conducting research with practice partners, and sharing findings with those who can use them, supports the implementation of evidence-based and innovative public health practice.

As the field of Public Health Systems and Services Research (PHSSR) grows, it must adopt methods and strategies to translate findings in a way that resonates with key stakeholders, particularly those who conduct the business of public health.

This webinar focuses on two examples of translation in PHSSR. William Riley, Ph.D., associate dean for the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, will discuss his work developing a pilot program to expand the use of continuous quality improvement (CQI) principles to public health agencies, with a focus on reducing health disparities. Danielle Varda, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado, will discuss her research examining partnerships in public health. In response, the researcher’s practice partners will discuss their experience working with the investigators, describe the research’s relevance for the field, and give suggestions for translating findings.

This course combines theoretical concepts with practical hands-on exercises comparing five different modelling techniques applied in public health and health technology assessment. Real world case examples from different acute and chronic diseases will be discussed. Developed in collaboration with the Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute at McMaster University, Canada and the Department of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and HTA at the University for Health Sciences Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Austria, and funded in part by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) and the ONCOTYROL Center for Personalized Cancer Medicine.

Clinicians value using scientific evidence in practice, but require facilitation to succeed. Mentors are needed to facilitate clinician guided change in clinical practice. The Institute provides an opportunity for nurse leaders to learn advanced skills in evidence-based practice and the role of the evidence-based practice facilitator.
The Institute also guides nurse leaders in development of the organizational infrastructure essential for an evidence-based practice program. Learning is facilitated through didactic presentations, discussions, facilitated work time and scheduled consultation.

Registration required by August 18, 2010

This course is designed for participants with little to moderate knowledge of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) process who want to learn more about the components and conduct of high quality HTA. Particular attention will be paid to the role of evidence and economic evaluation within the HTA framework. The course is suitable for a wide range of participants from academic, public or private sectors. Over the 4 days, participants will be involved in a practical hands-on workshop teaching HTA methodology followed by a forum on different HTA perspectives on the 4th day.

OPHA and Health Promotion Ontario (HPO) invite you to be part of a unique event that will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to take action on issues around health and the built environment. The goal this year is to provide a forum for public health professionals and other professionals working on the built environment to establish ideas for moving policy issues forward in their communities.
Choose from among five full-day concurrent think tank sessions to discuss and formulate actions on built environment policy issues for:

• Improving Access to Recreation in the Built Environment


• Health and Sustainable Transportation Choices: From Vision to Reality


• Building Access to Healthy Food


• Building Safe Communities for the Prevention of Injury and Violence


• Healthy Housing Environments: Access, Equity, and Quality

On September 30th, attend the Health Promotion Ontario annual conference to continue the discussion on food security as it relates to the social determinants of health.

All are also invited to attend OPHA’s Annual General Meeting. This event provides a unique opportunity to learn about OPHA’s advocacy activities, new dimensions of growth in the organization, and for Members to exercise their right to debate and vote on the resolutions and position papers being considered for adoption by OPHA.

This five day course will provide participants with a basis in the design, analysis and interpretation of systematic reviews of health research. Participants will be given grounding in all aspects involved in conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, and will have the opportunity to gain practical experience of the tasks involved. By the end of the course participants will be equipped with the necessary skills to conduct their own high quality systematic reviews of health research.
At the end of the course the students should be able to:

• Describe the principles of systematic reviews


• Interpret the results of systematic reviews


• Critically appraise existing systematic reviews


• Conduct their own high quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses

This five-day, hands-on workshop has been held annually since 1999 in the summer at one of the beautiful resorts in the Rocky Mountains. Directed by Andy Oxman, Senior Researcher from the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, and Judith Baxter, from the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Denver, this workshop features a cadre of world-renowned teachers, practitioners and researchers from the arena of evidence-based health care. The workshop focuses on teaching the basics of, and developing further insights into, the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of health services.

LIFE in conjunction with the Australian Psychological Society is hosting free professional development evaluation workshops around Australia in March and April 2010. These day long workshops will introduce and explain the key concepts of evaluation and leave participants with a take-home plan. Anyone working to prevent suicide in Australia who would like to learn about evaluating projects or improving their current evaluation systems is eligible to attend.

Workshops are being held in every capital city in Australia, close to the CBD and public transport where available. There is no cost to attend and catering for the day will be provided. The workshops will run from approximately 9am – 5pm and discount accommodation is available in some locations for those who are coming from rural areas.

Registration is limited

Decision-making in the public health sector is complex. There are often uncertainties regarding the effectiveness of projects, programs, and policies to solve public health problems. In addition, there is often no consensus among the population, or among experts and decision-makers, about the best course of action. Deliberative processes can support decision-making by creating a dialogue between the various stakeholders to critically examine an issue and come to a rationally-motivated agreement.

The objective of this one-day conference is to inform public health professionals and decision-makers about the use of deliberative processes to inform decision-making.

To provide cancer guideline developers from across Canada the opportunity to participate in an in-depth critical examination of practice guideline development and evidence synthesis approaches and issues related to their application in advancing a quality agenda in cancer control. To promote a community of practice that will strive to advance the scientific enterprise of practice guidelines as well as the application of methodological innovation in the practice guideline process.

The three-day workshop will consist of interactive presentations, panel and group discussions, and small group break out sessions, with opportunities to discuss current and controversial issues around the guideline development enterprise.

Registration is limited to 30 participants

We will explore the unique cultural boundaries that exist between university researchers, graduate students and their non-academic research collaborators from community organizations and government agencies. Featuring plenary, breakout, unconference and networking sessions, the KM Expo will explore how the push, pull and co-production methods of KM partnerships help universities and their partners become boundary organizations.

Registration is limited

Featuring presentations, panels and small-group discussions on:

• Examining the growth of health care costs
• Exploring the perception that more health care is always better
• Advancing the performance measurement agenda
• Measuring the impact of aging on health services

Research Synthesis for Policy and Practice will enable you to conduct and appraise systematic reviews. On successful completion of the course, you will be familiar with the strengths and limitations of systematic reviews and have a critical appreciation of evidence-informed policy and practice. The online version enables you to choose where and when you study, whilst still receiving online tuition from experienced researchers at the EPPI-Centre in London.
Contact: Kim Reynolds

Email:k.reynolds@ioe.ac.uk

Wiley-Blackwell is pleased to invite you to our free instructor-led online training sessions to learn how to make the most of our products and services. All you need is an internet connection and, in most cases, access to a telephone.
These sessions are conducted using a product called WebEx that allows you to view live presentations from your desktop. For most sessions there will be an associated teleconference so you can hear the presentation and ask questions. Wiley-Blackwell will provide a toll free telephone number to dial in.

The symposium will bring new ideas from business and social media enterprise to a gathering of experts from the children’s sectors to explore how social media innovations and new thinking might leverage organizational or practice change in education and mental health. The focus will be on (1) the co-development of new strategies for knowledge translation and practice change, and (2) the re-interpretation of existing strategies that have been applied in one sector but have yet to be adapted for application in another. The existing inventory of knowledge translation strategies is limited and their effectiveness variable. The field must continue with further research on their effectiveness, but the pool of strategies also needs to evolve further. The venue will provide a much needed opportunity to look beyond our own disciplines and work environments to that we might learn from what others are doing elsewhere that may have application in mental health and education. Only then will we be able to further our success in bridging knowledge to practice and to improve knowledge exchange and uptake.

Hosted by: Dr. Melanie Barwick and Dr. Bruce Ferguson

Contact: Sarah Bovaird sarah.bovarid@sickkids.ca

A well-developed knowledge translation (KT) plan is emerging as a proposal requirement for health research in Canada and abroad, and there is greater attention to research utilization and research impact. The SKTT© training course was developed on the premise that scientists are agents of change in creating research impact, promoting research utilization, and ensuring their research findings reach the appropriate audiences. There is a skill set surrounding KT practice, and it is these competencies that the training course was designed to impart.
Fee: $300 (includes KT Manual, KT Planning Template, KT Certificate of Completion)

Limited registration to 25 people

Lunch served both days

Funded in part by a grant from AHRQ, this five-day workshop will focus on teaching the basics of, and developing further insights into, the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of health services.

The practical strategies taught at the EBHC Workshop have been developed over the past three decades by clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health economists and others working together to combine basic scientific principles with common sense. Our workshop faculty includes leading evidence-based health care researchers and educators. Past participants have included physicians, nurses, policy makers, physical therapists, medical librarians, health care journalists, health care consumer advocates and educators.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Formulate questions arising from their own health care practice that can be answered


• Identify relevant evidence that can be used to answer questions and make well-informed clinical decisions


• Critically appraise the validity and applicability of evidence


• Use valid and applicable evidence to make well-informed health care decisions

This workshop guides participants through the steps of developing a systematic review. The workshop includes presentations about Cochrane methodology and hands-on practice using the Cochrane Collaboration’s Review Manager (RevMan) software.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Describe the steps required to critically appraise original research studies


• Describe the process used to collect and extract data from reports of original studies


• Enter and analyze data for a systematic review using the Cochrane Collaboration’s RevMan software


• Analyze, present, and interpret results of meta-analyses

Identify and resolve questions and challenges encountered during the completion of a Cochrane systematic review

Contact: Lisa Lassiter llassite@jhsph.edu

The Summer Session in Epidemiology and Biostatistics offers health professionals the opportunity to gain familiarity with the principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. It also offers graduate students, medical residents and fellows from McGill and other universities the opportunity to acquire academic credits and thereby accelerate course work during a summer term.

The language of instruction is English, unless otherwise stated, and students are advised that fluency in English is essential to benefit from the courses offered. However, students may submit their course assignments and examinations in French.

Courses may be taken for Academic Credit, Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit, or for a Professional Interest Certificate.

This course will provide a detailed description of the systematic review process, discuss the strengths and limitations of the method, and provide step-by-step guidance on how to actually perform a systematic review.

Contact: Dr Madhukar Pai, madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca

April 7, 2009

Kevin Lindland , MENTORING FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: A Case Study

May 12, 2009

Dr. Sharon Straus, DEVELOPING A KT PLAN FOR GRANT PROPOSALS PART II: A Framework and Suggested Approach

June 16, 2009

Dr. Sharon Straus,DEVELOPING A KT PLAN FOR GRANT PROPOSALS PART III: Review of Sample Plans from a Funder’s Perspective

Join with other leading evidence-based clinical guideline producers for a summit to address the use of quality systematic reviews to inform evidence-based guidelines. Hear from experts on the latest methods and practices for systematic review and guideline development. Share successes, pitfalls, current challenges and future opportunities for evidence-based guidelines. Consider the role of clinical guidelines in the shifting federal debate about quality health care and comparative effectiveness.

For more information, or to receive future announcements contact:
Janie Gordon
Telephone: 410-502-4641
Email: jlgordon@jhsph.edu

The workshop is offered as a one-week intensive course. Participants will be learning in small groups led by nursing faculty from McMaster University and other institutions.
Registration Deadline: May 8, 2009

Workshop Objectives:

Three knowledge translation learning modules are now freely available:

• A Guide to Researcher and Knowledge-User Collaboration in Health Research


• Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making


• Critical Appraisal of Intervention Studies

The 2009 edition of the Montréal Summer School in Public Health is offered in collaboration with Université de Montréal’s Faculté des sciences infirmières and Département de medicine sociale et préventive. Registration in the seminars provides an opportunity to earn university-level credits. Four 1-credit graduate-level seminars are offered. They can be taken separately or be combined. Students who wish to earn credits for participating in the seminars must attend all sessions and complete all written work and presentations required for evaluation. It is also possible to register as an independent student; these students are required to attend all sessions and complete an oral presentation, but do not have to turn in the written assignments.Seminars are given in French. Some of the reading material is in English. Candidates can participate in discussions and submit their work in French or English. There are no prerequisites.

Summer school seminars are offered to:

1. students registered in a graduate (master’s or doctoral level) or post-doctoral program related to public health or population health


2. all professionals working in public health or population health