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Organisational practices of knowledge mobilisation at manager level in the NHS
The organisational practices of knowledge mobilisation at top manager level in the NHS
Fuse Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series 2013
Fuse is pleased to announce a series of seminars for 2013 on knowledge exchange. The Centre has been successful in securing the services of distinguished speakers with both a national and international perspective, covering the opportunities and challenges involved in undertaking research on knowledge exchange and working closely with research users in the research process. The seminars will be an opportunity to engage in debate as well as to hear current thinking. These seminars are likely to be of most interest to those people with an interest in translational research and complexity in public health research.
Monday 29th April 2013, 14.00-15.00
Location: D2.11 Teesside University Darlington Campus
Speaker: Dr Crispin Coombs, Programme Director MSc Management & Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Loughborough University
Title: Abandoning knowledge and behaviours - Healthcare managers' experiences of unlearning
Further details can be found at: Abandoning knowledge and behaviours - Healthcare managers' experiences of unlearning
Thursday 13th June 2013, 14.00-15.00
Location: TBC
Speaker: Jacky Swan, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Title: TBC
Wednesday 25th September 2013, 12.00-13.00
Location: Newcastle
Speaker: John Ovretveit, Director of Research, Professor of Health Improvement, Implementation and Evaluation, Medical Management Centre, The Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Title: Implementation research and the dark end of the translational spectrum
Further details can be found at: Implementation research and the dark end of the translational spectrum
Thursday 12th December 2013, 14.00-15.00
Location: TBC
Speaker: Ruth McDonald, Professor of Healthcare Innovation and Learning,
CLAHRC — Centre for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Nottingham University Business School.
Title: TBC
Thursday 8th March 2012
Speaker: Dr Katherine Smith, Lecturer, Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh
Title: Understanding the Influence of Evidence in Public Health Policy: What can we learn from the 'tobacco wars'?
Further details can be found at: Understanding the Influence of Evidence in Public Health Policy: What can we learn from the 'tobacco wars'?
Tuesday 24th April 2012
Speaker: Mima Cattan, Professor in Public Health at Northumbria University
Title: Mental health promotion – exchanging ideas, developing research and practice with our Nordic colleagues
Further details can be found at: Mental health promotion – exchanging ideas, developing research and practice with our Nordic colleagues
Wednesday 13th June 2012, 14.00 - 15.00 (refreshements from 13.30)
Location: Room 2.11, Teesside University Darlington Campus
Speaker: Sandra Nutley, Professor of Public Policy and Management at the University of St Andrews and an Associate of the University of Edinburgh Business School
Title: How research influences policy and practice: What the evidence says and what this means for KE practice
Further details can be found at: How research influences policy and practice: What the evidence says and what this means for KE practice
Wednesday 12th December 2012, 14.00 - 15.00
Location: Gateway 4, University of Sunderland City Campus
Speaker: Dr Vicky Ward (Lecturer, Academic unit of primary care, Leeds University)
Title: Facilitating knowledge exchange in health care teams: the art of being ‘constructively clueless’
Further details can be found at: Facilitating knowledge exchange in health care teams: the art of being ‘constructively clueless’
Tuesday 5th February 2013, 16.15-17.15
Location: Centre for Enterprise, Teesside University, Middlesbrough
Speaker: Dr Sarah Morton, Co-Director (Communication and Knowledge Exchange), Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh
Title: Assessing research impact: Issues, challenges and ways forward
Further details can be found at: Assessing research impact: Issues, challenges and ways forward
