Brittney La Pietra

National initiatives, including CIHR’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) and the TCPS 2 (2018)’s expansion of Chapter 9 to include all distinct communities impacted by research, supports initiatives to close the gap between researchers and knowledge users in the health care sector. To facilitate ethical involvement of community members and patient partners into the research process, REB members and administrators can play an integral role in supporting ethical knowledge translation (KT) and dissemination activities. This interactive workshop will engage REB members and administrators in reviewing sample KT and dissemination plans submitted for REB review, including a framework to evaluate meaningful KT activities within the REB review process and ways to address KT plans in provisos. Considerations will include understanding the appropriate application of integrated versus end of grant KT plans, what KT activities mean for the informed consent process, and how community REBs can be included within the traditional REB review framework. Learning Objectives: 1. Overview of ethical considerations within the context of Patient Oriented Research (POR) and research involving communities – how they converge and diverge from traditional principles of Respect for Persons, Concern for Welfare, and Justice. 2. Understand elements of an ethical and well-devised KT plan. 3. Develop skills to evaluate integrated and end-of-grant KT plans. 4. A discussion on potential frameworks to guide REB review of KT plans. 5. Ethical considerations related to informed consent and KT activities.