Great to meet you Cheryl. When your request for membership came in, I thought you would be a great fit for us. It sounds like you have social media experience too, something we are quite deficient in. We have struggled with the techno side of this blog and really welcome input. Please contact me hcolquhoun@ohri.ca if you have any suggestions for how we could do this better.
I am a proud KTTC member who has been involved since the early days as a key person on the Membership Committee and Steering Committee. I finished my PhD one year ago and am now completing a postdoc with Jeremy Grimshaw at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Clin Epi, U of Ottawa). It has been an incredible experience and more than I could have hoped for. The mentorship, opportunities, environment, and learning have been immense. My research is in the area of KT intervention design (with a focus on theory-based methods) and KT intervention description. I apply this focus across a broad scope including audit & feedback, and rehabilitation interventions. I also dabble in the role of peer mentorship, understanding context in health services research, and the development of a KT intervention taxonomy. I seem to be ‘following my nose’ mostly these days……
When I am not working, I spend time on the curling rink, in the local pub, having fun traveling with my family, and listening to my favourite podcast, Coverville (check it out if you love music).
I am really looking forward to our next face-to-face meeting. ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS: we are all getting together in Nov 2012 for a 2-day meeting in Toronto. Keep checking the blog re deadlines for applying to be funded to attend. We have funding for about 35 attendees and would love to see new faces.
Heather
Cheryl Cook 9:51 am on March 22, 2012 Permalink
Hi Heather – great to connect! I do have a good amount of experience with social media and love that you are running this as a group blog. I have a few suggestions and will email you.
I love to talk social media, so if anyone is interested, I’m always available.
C
Vivian Chan 3:18 pm on March 27, 2012 Permalink
Hi Cheryl,
It’s great to have you on board the KTTC. Evelyn and I have been struggling to make any changes with the site given our limited experiences with blogs and also the lack of funding to revamp the site. Heather has passed on your suggestions to me. I will contact you soon to see if you can assist with some quick fixes (and help us learn more about blogging)?! Thks!
Vivian
Evelyn Cornelissen 6:00 pm on March 28, 2012 Permalink
Hi Cheryl,
Welcome! I think we can stand to learn a lot from you. Your feedback via email has been great.
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS: Cheryl is an expert on blogs and social media, so we have a great opportunity now to revamp our current blog to better meet member needs. Please let us know what you want – think big, pie-in-the-sky! Never know where we might get…
EC
Cheryl Cook 3:37 pm on March 30, 2012 Permalink
HI everyone – thanks for the welcome. Though I would like to point out that I am not a blog or SM expert! I am someone with some knowledge and experience in both but am far away from being an expert