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www.shrtn.on.ca
The Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) is a province-wide knowledge exchange network of people involved in seniors’ health care. SHRTN brings together researchers, policymakers and caregivers to share tacit and explicit knowledge. This exchange is enabled and facilitated by educators, libraries, members of the SHRTN Communities and Practice and the SHRTN champions. SHTRN provides the latest knowledge and best practices about seniors’ health and health care.
SHRTN’s goal is to improve care for seniors in the long-term care and community care sectors. By exchanging best practices, caregivers learn from each other and benefit from the latest research. Through collaboration with caregivers, researchers and policy makers are better able to respond to the needs of the field. As a result, standards, which dictate how best to care for individuals, become more evidence based. Researchers can find partners to collaborate with provincially and use the network to disseminate their findings.
About SHRTN
SHRTN Vision
The Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) is the “place to go” in Ontario for the latest knowledge and best practices about seniors’ health and health care.
SHRTN Mission
To improve the health of Ontario by:
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Facilitating knowledge exchange and dialogue between caregivers (formal and informal), researchers, and policymakers
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Encouraging innovation and avoiding duplication
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Supporting people within “Communities of Practice”
SHRTN Values
SHRTN members value:
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Evidence-based care for seniors
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Accessible knowledge that can be translated into practice
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Face-to-face, interactive knowledge exchange that is supported using technology
SHRTN Guiding Principles
SHRTN is governed through democratic, inclusive decision-making arrangements where members of the Network shape their own participation and ultimately the direction of the Network.
At SHRTN we:
SHRTN Members
SHRTN brings together researchers, policymakers and caregivers to share tacit and explicit knowledge. This exchange is enabled and facilitated by educators, librarians, members of the SHRTN Communities of Practice and the SHRTN champions.
Outreach & Consultation
SHRTN has initiated a process to inform and involve other key stakeholders in discussions about the role, structure, initiatives and decision making processes. To date, SHRTN has hosted the following meetings:
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Building the Network, Dec. 9, 2005
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Fostering Communities of Practice, March 29, 2006
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Setting the Stage (consultation meeting on SHRTN governance model), Nov. 30, 2006
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Enhancing Knowledge Exchange and Learning Transfer, Mar 28-29, 2007
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Knowledge Transfer Success Stories, June 5-6, 2008
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With these meetings, we will have assembled well over 400stakeholders, including policymakers, researchers, front-line workers, seniors, educators, librarians, provincial and federal associations involved in long-term and community care.
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SHRTN Governance
SHRTN involves key SHRTN stakeholders on both a provincial Board of Directors and in several local Implementation Teams. On June 5, 2008 a new Interim Board of Directors convened. Catherine Brookman (Ontario Community Support Association) and Dr. Larry W. Chambers (Elisabeth Bruyère Research Institute) were selected as Board Co-chairs.
Members of the Board represent geographic regions of the Province, caregivers in long-term care and community care, policy makers, researchers, educators, librarians, seniors and SHRTN Communities of Practice. SHRTN Stakeholders Chart
SHRTN Local Implementation Teams bring together leaders in geographic areas to provide advice, guidance and oversight to SHRTN initiatives and help implment SHRTN initiatives locally. These teams are aligned with the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) boundaries.
SHRTN is governed provincially by the SHRTN Board of Directors. Local Implementation Teams, such as this one, are being established throughout the Province. One Board Member from each geographic region will be designated to be the link between the Local Implementation Team and the SHRTN Board of Directors. The SHRTN Executive Director will ensure that the Local Implementation Team members receive regular updates from SHRTN Communities of PRactice (CoP) through the leader or Knowledge Broker assigned to the CoP, and from the Information Specialist for the SHRTN Library Service.
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SHRTN Library Services
The SHRTN Library Service supports the needs of the members (caregivers, researchers, and policy-makers) of the SHRTN CoPs and is available to all paid caregivers working with seniors in long-term and community care in Ontario. It facilitates access to current, evidence-based information and supports the transfer of research knowledge into best practice.
The SHRTN Library Service provides caregivers in long-term care and community care access to current best practice information. The SHRTN Library Service and the website are two of the cornerstones of the SHRTN network.
SERVICES
The SHRTN Library Service provides both traditional library services as well as innovative services that help caregivers access high-quality, clinically relevant information that is suited to their specific needs.
Library contact information can be found at the SHRTN website.
Reference Services
A SHRTN Information Specialist will help you formulate your reference question and find the best available evidence to answer it. Reference services are available in person, over the phone or through email.
Literature Searching
SHRTN Information Specialists search online databases such as Medline, CINAHL, PsychLit, Ageline, and Cochrane to retrieve evidence-based answers to your questions.
Document Delivery
The SHRTN Library Service does not have its own collections, but can borrow information resources, such as journal articles, books and audio/video materials for you from the collections of our host organizations, as well as from other libraries in the province.
Current Awareness
The SHRTN Library Service can help you remain current with newly published information in your areas of interest.
Education
The SHRTN Library Service creates and delivers customized training workshops on a variety of topics to help you learn how to find and use evidence based information more effectively.
Networking
SHRTN provides online collaboration tools that allow you to connect and communicate with others within SHRTN Communities of Practice.
Outreach & Promotion
In each of the four local SHRTN Library Service sites, an Information Specialist is available to help you identify and find the information you need to provide the best possible evidence-based healthcare for the seniors you care for.
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SHRTN Communities of Practice
In SHRTN, a Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of people who come together to exchange information and knowledge on a specific topic related to seniors’ health and healthcare. SHRTN Communities of Practice members include formal and informal caregivers, researchers, policymakers, educators, specialist librarians and others who are interested in the topic. SHRTN currently has 19 Communities of Practice that focus on the following topics:
Activity and Aging
Aging and Developmental Disabilities
Alzheimer and Related Dementias
Blood Pressure
Communicative Access/Aphasia
Compulsive Hoarding
Continence Care
Diabetes
Elder Abuse Prevention
E-Learning in Long Term Care Homes
End-of-Life Care
Influenza Vaccine Decision Aid
Mental Health, Addictions and Behavioural Issues
Osteoporosis
Pain
Pneumonia
Quality Data
Spiritual Care
Support for Personal Support Workers
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For more information
Contact Deirdre Luesby, SHRTN Executive Director
Tel.: 613-562-6262 ext. 1654
executive.director@shrtn.on.ca
Visit www.SHRTN.on.ca to:
- Access the SHRTN Library Services
- Find out about upcoming events, conferences and symposiums, current research and best practice initiatives
- Join a SHRTN Community of Practice
- Review SHRTN tools and resources and much more
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