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 |