شراره احقری

One of the vital aspects of transferring research results is intellectual property of information. The key point in intellectual property is lack of use or misuse of research results. At times the urgent or early transfer of research results is necessary, and at times it is not possible prior to peer review. Since there were no specific rules in this field in the country, one of the innovations suggested for strengthening knowledge translation was compilation of an ethical code for research to promote knowledge translation by safekeeping stakeholder's intellectual property rights.The current status of knowledge translation in the university has been evaluated by the research team. Among the most important issues of disseminating research results prior to publication is the prerequisite of peer review. Dissemination of research results is also dependant on the contract made on intellectual property rights, the type of data, and the urgency of their early publication. The final draft is a figure that has been illustrated in the full text. After compilation and implementation of the ethical code in the country's research system, in addition to re-evaluating the knowledge translation status of the university, the role of this specific innovation should also be assessed in bringing about any change in this status.In Iran the medical universities provide resources for research. We therefore suggest two recommendations under the current circumstances: to promulgate the use of the mentioned ethical code, and to add a clause to the university's research contracts in which the university will have the right to disseminate research results in the target audience's language if they are beneficial to the community and scientifically valid.

In today's world the importance of research has reached a stage where, in academic settings the rate of presenting research articles is considered as a merit in scientific evaluations. The numbers of research articles published in internationally acclaimed databanks are also taken into account and scored in academic promotion criteria. This is indicative of the progress research has made in the country. The important point is that once a project is over the only way the results reach target audiences is through publication of articles, and proper measures are not taken to transfer the research results to their respective target audiences and apply them (knowledge translation). Therefore the studies conducted are not applied in meeting the country's research needs, community's health and decision makings at macro level. It is now time to encourage researchers toward utilization of research by considering research-based knowledge translation activities in the faculty member's promotion criteria. In this study we examined the promotion criteria of renowned universities in the world for the presence of knowledge translation activities and compared them with our own criteria. The result is the suggestion of allocating scores to studies conducted at various levels (organizational units of the university or its equivalent, the university or national level) that result in change in service delivery, management techniques, and/or lifestyles.

Research-based knowledge transfer is considered an important principle in health. The status of knowledge transfer was studied in earlier studies and accordingly certain interventions were designed on the basis of its weaknesses. The idea was to design an algorithm for selection of research projects which are legible for knowledge transfer.Using literature review, grading of research projects was examined for its design and methodology. A decision was then made on the method of grading projects using relevant expert opinions. In the next stage, considering the validity of the aforementioned grading, and contextual examination, an algorithm was designed to define the method of selecting projects and their result transfer.Since articles usually dont convey all the research findings, and dont reach decision makers on time, article writing doesnt seem sufficient for knowledge transfer. It is therefore necessary to adopt a mechanism that will convey valid research findings to target audiences. The algorithm presented in this article will help research authorities systematically decide about selecting research projects for knowledge transfer. Evaluation of this intervention was suggested for future researches. The results of this study can be beneficial to research policy makers in the university.

Annually, multiple research projects are implemented in medical universities, but their results are not efficiently utilized. This condition has resulted in an increased focus on promoting the status of research-based knowledge transfer in the university. It was in response to this need that certain studies were conducted to determine the interventions required for efficiently utilizing research-based knowledge. The results of these studies were multiple measures and interventions that can collectively promote the status of research-based knowledge translation.Some of these interventions were as follows: designing an algorithm for selection of research projects which are legible for knowledge transfer, compiling a code of ethics for observing research stakeholder's intellectual property rights, modifying faculty member's promotion criteria to create incentives for knowledge transfer, modifications in presentation of articles, modifying proposal and final report formats, and designing a backing database. The impact of each hypothesis (intervention) will be evaluated through a study appropriate to it's content. The results of this study can be beneficial to research policy makers to utilizing research-based knowledge efficiently.