title: Identifying priorities in knowledge translation from the perspective of trainees: results from an online survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The need to identify priorities to help shape future directions for research and practice increases as the knowledge translation (KT) field advances. Since many KT trainees are developing their research programs, understanding their concerns and KT research and practice priorities is important to supporting the development and advancement of KT as a field. Our purpose was to identify research and practice priorities in the KT field from the perspectives of KT researcher/practitioner trainees.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survey response rate was 62 % (44/71). Participants were mostly Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, residents, and learners from various disciplines; the majority was from Ontario (44 %) and Quebec (20 %). Seven percent (5/71) were from other countries including USA, UK, and Switzerland. Seven main KT priority themes were identified: determining the effectiveness of KT strategies, technology use, increased key stakeholder involvement, context, theory, expand ways of inquiry, and sustainability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, the priorities identified by the trainees correspond with KT literature and with KT experts' views. The trainees appeared to push the boundaries of current KT literature with respect to creative use of communication technologies research.
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authors.forename: Kristine
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authors.affiliation: Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada. dvaneerd@iwh.on.ca.|School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. dvaneerd@iwh.on.ca.
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authors.lastname: Van Eerd
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authors.initials: BJ
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authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. robin.urquhart@cdha.nshealth.ca.
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authors.lastname: Urquhart
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. ecorneli@mail.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Evelyn
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authors.lastname: Cornelissen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Quality and Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, Canada. vivian.chan@vch.ca.
authors.forename: Vivian
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authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. shalinilal88@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shalini
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authors.lastname: Lal
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D061108:Social Media; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*