چکیده (انگلیسی):

Background:Evaluation is a fundamental component in building quality primary care and is ideally situated to
support individual, team and organizational learning by offering an accessible form of participatory inquiry. The
evaluation literature has begun to recognize the unique features of KT evaluations and has described attributes to
consider when evaluating KT activities. While both disciplines have focused on the evaluation of KT activities
neither has explored the role of evaluation in KT. The purpose of the paper is to examine how participation in
program evaluation can support KT in a primary care setting.
Methods:A mixed methods case study design was used, where evaluation was conceptualized as a change
process and intervention. A Memory Clinic at an interprofessional primary care clinic was the setting in which the
study was conducted. An evaluation framework, Pathways of Influence provided the theoretical foundation to
understand how program evaluation can facilitate the translation of knowledge at the level of the individual,
inter-personal (Memory Clinic team) and the organization. Data collection included questionnaires, interviews,
evaluation log and document analysis. Questionnaires andinterviews were administered both before and after the
evaluation: Pattern matching was used to analyze the data based on predetermined propositions.
Results:Individuals gained program knowledge that resulted in changes to both individual and program
practices. One of the key themes was the importance clinicians placed on local, program based knowledge. The
evaluation had less influence on the broader health organization.
Conclusions:Program evaluation facilitated individual, team and organizational learning. The use of evaluation to
support KT is ideally suited to a primary care setting by offering relevant and applicable knowledge to primary
care team members while being sensitive to local context.
* Correspondence:cather