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While many professions, fields, and disciplines emphasize knowledge mobilization (KMb), or the application and use of research, there is still much to learn about what key skills and competencies are required to engage in this kind of work. There is little consensus on what KMb work actually entails.听In this听presentation, I share听findings from a 2015 Q-methodological study on KMb and discuss听implications for social work. It is听my draft manuscript听to be presented at the CASWE annual conference in May/June 2018 (Regina SK).听

My study examined the viewpoints of KMb experts, researchers, intermediaries, and practitioners across various domains regarding priority KMb activities, and the competencies and skills required for such tasks. This mixed methods study employed Q-Methodology, with data collected in two major phases. First, interviews were conducted with 20 KMb experts from Canada and the United Kingdom to develop the study鈥檚 concourse and subsequent q-statements. Second, 91 participants completed an online survey, with a Q-sort task with 49 q-statements and an activity-rating task with 31 activities. Respondents also answered a range of open-ended questions pertaining to their KMb work, training, and perspectives. I identified four distinct approaches to KMb amongst the 91 survey participants. I provide narrative descriptions of the four groups, 1. Theorists and Evaluators 2. People-Persons 3. System Builders and Team Leaders 4. Translators and Facilitators. I then discuss how these four perspectives provide insight on and considerations for KMb in Social Work research and practice (individual and collaborative/partnered research; micro-meso-macro practice).

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