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Background: In September 2019 Cochrane launched a project called “Cochrane KT Mentoring Programme”. This mentoring pilot scheme was based on pairing people who were less experienced in planning or running a knowledge translation activities with those who were experienced at delivering knowledge translation projects. The project was aiming to develop and build skills and confidence within the Cochrane community.
Objectives: To describe experiences with the Cochrane KT mentoring program in the Polish context.
Methods: Mentoring was based on regular (once a month) meetings with the mentor. Meetings included in-depth discussion about actions that were already done, comparisons with the mentor environment and experience and taking actions that were not tested yet.
Results: Individual consultations helped to clearly assess the capacity of the Polish Cochrane team. Brainstorming technique helped in analyzing the pros and cons of already existing activities and helped to get out of “the box”. Regular online meetings encouraged to test new (not checked yet) strategies or recheck old ones that at the beginning were not working and led to new ideas (e.g. talks with editors of local journals or attending meetings with journalists). As a result of monthly done meetings, we were able to develop cooperation with The College of Family Physicians in Poland and put on their website information about Cochrane and links to Polish Cochrane websites. We also started a cooperation with a National Chamber of Physicians, which publish bulletin send to all physicians registered in Poland (online and printed version). We also approached the Office of the Promotion of the Jagiellonian University, where we are affiliated. This activity aims to publish on their website information about Cochrane and other materials that promote evidence-based health care for professional and lay audiences. We started a cooperation with pharmacists which led to workshops about systematic reviews and occasional promotion of our Facebook posts. Talks with the mentor encouraged me to take part in actions for journalists that led to a radio broadcast and talks with the Jagiellonian University Promotion Office.
Conclusions: The program helped to improve already existing strategies and opened new ideas. Probably the individualization of meetings and careful adjustment to the real capacity of the Polish Cochrane branch resulted in the rapid development of dissemination strategies in a short time.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: via cooperation with patients' fanpages.
Objectives: To describe experiences with the Cochrane KT mentoring program in the Polish context.
Methods: Mentoring was based on regular (once a month) meetings with the mentor. Meetings included in-depth discussion about actions that were already done, comparisons with the mentor environment and experience and taking actions that were not tested yet.
Results: Individual consultations helped to clearly assess the capacity of the Polish Cochrane team. Brainstorming technique helped in analyzing the pros and cons of already existing activities and helped to get out of “the box”. Regular online meetings encouraged to test new (not checked yet) strategies or recheck old ones that at the beginning were not working and led to new ideas (e.g. talks with editors of local journals or attending meetings with journalists). As a result of monthly done meetings, we were able to develop cooperation with The College of Family Physicians in Poland and put on their website information about Cochrane and links to Polish Cochrane websites. We also started a cooperation with a National Chamber of Physicians, which publish bulletin send to all physicians registered in Poland (online and printed version). We also approached the Office of the Promotion of the Jagiellonian University, where we are affiliated. This activity aims to publish on their website information about Cochrane and other materials that promote evidence-based health care for professional and lay audiences. We started a cooperation with pharmacists which led to workshops about systematic reviews and occasional promotion of our Facebook posts. Talks with the mentor encouraged me to take part in actions for journalists that led to a radio broadcast and talks with the Jagiellonian University Promotion Office.
Conclusions: The program helped to improve already existing strategies and opened new ideas. Probably the individualization of meetings and careful adjustment to the real capacity of the Polish Cochrane branch resulted in the rapid development of dissemination strategies in a short time.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: via cooperation with patients' fanpages.