Table 3.
Recommendations to support IKT
| Challenge expressed by participants | Solutions recommended or inferred |
|---|---|
| Awareness of/knowledge about IKT | • Organizational culture |
| • Champions | |
| • Training | |
| Funding, resources, time for IKT | • Organizational culture |
| • IKT-specific strategic plan | |
| • Demonstrate impact that can be derived | |
| Attitude about IKT | • Organizational culture |
| • Champions | |
| • Demonstrate impact that can be derived | |
| Willingness to collaborate, resistance to change | • Leadership |
| • Champions | |
| • Professional and academic incentives | |
| • Demonstrate impact that can be derived | |
| Skill for collaboration | • Training |
| • Mentorship | |
| Access to opportunities | • IKT-specific strategic plan |
| • Knowledge brokers/facilitators | |
| • Formal program affiliations for researchers | |
| • Inventory of initiatives/research | |
| • Use of technology-enabled communication tools | |
| Mismatch timing/goals between researchers and decision-makers | • Training |
| • Knowledge brokers/facilitators | |
| Coordination/integration across programs | • IKT-specific strategic plan |
| • Knowledge brokers/facilitators | |
| Variety of forums for IKT | • IKT-specific strategic plan |
| • Use of technology-enabled communication | |
| Responsibility for initiating IKT | • Organizational culture |
| • Training | |
| • Mentorship | |
| • Knowledge brokers/facilitators | |
| • IKT -specific strategic plan | |
| • Professional and academic incentives |