NIDRR RERC Project Directors Meeting

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NIDRR RERC Project Directors Meeting April 3
4, 2006
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Federal Register May 5, 2005 (Volume 70,
Number 86)
KT projects encompass the exchange, synthesis,
and ethically sound application of knowledge
within a complex system of relationships among
researchers and users. (http//www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
/e/7518.html)
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Federal Register May 5, 2005 (Volume 70,
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NIDRR is particularly interested in ensuring that
information to be disseminated is of high quality
and is based on scientifically rigorous research
and development. Potential users need to be
able to assess the quality of research and
development findings and products, and the
relevance of these findings and products to their
particular needs.
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We encourage potential applicants, when
identifying standards and procedures for
systematic review of evidence, to examine the
work of such organizations as

• the Campbell Collaboration (http//www.campbellcol
  laboration.org/),
• the Cochrane Collaboration (http//www.cochrane.or
  g/), and
• the Department of Education What Works
  Clearinghouse (http//www.w-w-c.org/).

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The center will help NIDRR projects prepare,
maintain, and communicate evidence-based reports
and syntheses in topic areas identified in
conjunction with NIDRR.
The center must-- (1) Identify standards,
guidelines, and methods appropriate for
developing evidence-based systematic reviews of
disability and rehabilitation research
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(2) Serve as a technical assistance resource to
NIDRR grantees to ensure that research studies
will meet standards for inclusion in
evidence-based systematic reviews
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(3) Develop partnerships with existing
collaborations and registries to identify gaps
and opportunities and to facilitate the
systematic review of disability and
rehabilitation research and
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(4) Identify and promote the use of
evidence-based reviews in topic areas developed
in collaboration with NIDRR and its grantees.
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National Center for the Dissemination of
Disability Research (NCDDR) http//www.ncddr.org
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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work

• Three Service Aims
• Building of capacity of NIDRR researchers to
  negotiate the knowledge translation (KT) process
• KT is defined as the exchange, synthesis, and
  ethically-sound application of knowledge within
  a complex set of interactions among researchers
  and users to accelerate the capture of the
  benefits of research through improved health,
  more effective services and products, and a
  strengthened health care system.

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work

• Three Service Aims (continued)
• Increasing inclusion of NIDRR-sponsored research
  in systematic reviews
• Improving consumers' access to and use of
  disability and rehabilitation research evidence
  in making informed choices

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
NCDDR Service Areas

• Research Quality
• Development
• Dissemination
• Technical Assistance
• Utilization Effectiveness

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Research Quality Services

• Quality and Alignment of Research Design
• Research question(s) and research design
  (assessment)
• Type of new knowledge to be developed
• Types of knowledge
• (1) discoveries (and descriptions),
• (2) measures, methods, and theories, and
• (3) interventions, products or devices,
• and environmental adaptations

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Research Quality Services (continued)

• Evidence Production
• Implications for existing research efforts and
  to-be-proposed work
• Systematic Reviews
• Research Registration
• Inclusion in Registries
• Low Cost/No Cost Modifications to Reporting
• Abstracts
• Full-text reports

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Development Services

• Reporting Standards
• Research reports vs. journal articles
• e.g., CONSORT, STARD, QUORUM Checklists
• Disability Research Reporting Facilitator
• Web-based supports/guides

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Dissemination Services

• Information Resources
• Increase awareness/understanding about KT
• Library of KT Resources and Strategies
• Web-based resources
• Accessing Systematic Reviews
• Search assistance
• Cochrane Library access
• Campbell Library access

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Dissemination Services (continued)

• Registry of NIDRR-Sponsored Research
• Heighten profile of NIDRR-supported research
  results
• Online Instructional Modules
• Useful in planning or reviewing new research
  designs
• Registry of Syntheses and Evidence-based
  Systematic Reviews
• Produced by NIDRR grantees

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Dissemination Services (continued)

• Research Quality Community of Practice
• Community of Practice on Outreach to Diverse
  Audiences
• FOCUS Publications
• Web Site
• Webcasts

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Technical Assistance Services

• On-site technical assistance
• Off-site technical assistance
• Toll-free telephone
• Workshops

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Technical Assistance Services (continued)

• Proposal reviewer resources
• Characteristics of research quality
• Module
• Systematic review training
• Campbell Collaboration electronic and
  teleconference
• Cochrane Collaboration

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Utilization Effectiveness Services

• Support for Conducting Systematic Reviews
• Direct assistance to those conducting systematic
  reviews
• Disability and Rehabilitation Research
  Coordinating Group - Campbell Collaboration
• Evidence/Product Grading System
• Disclosure for public dissemination and
  utilization
• Research base
• Readiness for use by consumers/families

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Utilization Effectiveness Services (continued)

• Consumer Resources
• Most effective communication and resource
  systems about research evidence
• Plain Language Summaries
• Electronic systems

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Highlights of NCDDR Scope of Work
Utilization Effectiveness Services (continued)

• Evidence-Based Technology
• Merging evidence-based information in technology
  engineering and transfer
• FOCUS on relevant topics
• Community of Practice
• Webcasts
• Contributions to Library and Registries
• Participation in Task forces (Standards,
  Systematic Review, KT)

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Research Utilization Support and Help
(RUSH) http//www.researchutilization.org
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Highlights of RUSH Scope of Work

• Developing Matrix to Facilitate
• Successful utilization activities with specific
  target systems
• Measurement of utilization strategies
• Logic modeling based on strategic utilization
  efforts
• Comprehensive dissemination planning

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Highlights of RUSH Scope of Work

• Readiness for Use Issues in Light of
• Evidence orientation and knowledge translation
• Research Utilization Awards
• Extend outcomes by reaching new members of the
  target system or new and appropriate target
  systems