Evaluating knowledge translation: How do we know we’re making a difference? Part 2: Collecting and analysing feedback


These videos, originally part of the Cochrane Learning Live webinar series, are from a two-part webinar for anyone interested in evaluating the difference you are making by coproducing, disseminating or advocating for Cochrane evidence. The videos will be especially useful for people who have knowledge translation (KT) work that they want to evaluate.

This second session provides tips to help you strengthen your evaluation plans and ideas for developing survey and interview questions. The presenters provide an example of how some Cochrane teams have collected feedback using a survey. It is strongly encouraged that participants should have listened to the first webinar in the series before attending this one. 

The webinar was delivered in December 2020 and below you will find the videos from the webinar, together with accompanying slides to download [PDF].

Part 1: Recap of webinar 1
Part 2: How to choose evaluation methods
Part 3: Case study - using surveys for evaluation


Presenter Bios

Elena Kostova is the Managing Editor of Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Satellite based at the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Amsterdam UMC. Elena completed a PhD in immunology at Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation in Amsterdam and has a 5 year editorial and publishing experience from industry as well as academia. Knowledge translation and science communication has always been a passion of hers. Elena's main interests include social media, dissemination, and analytics.

Debra de Silva is the Head of Evaluation at The Evidence Centre, an independent organisation that supports teams to use information to inform decisions. She works day-to-day with health and care services, consumers and policy makers in many parts of the world who are passionate about making a difference to improve wellbeing and services. She has been involved in more than 500 evaluations, including joint work with Cochrane.

Karen Head is the Cochrane Knowledge Translation (KT) Project Manager. In her role she aims to support the implementation of KT throughout Cochrane by working with members of the Cochrane Community to build tools and resources for implementing KT; by encouraging the sharing examples of great KT; and by bringing people who are doing KT, together.

Richard Morley is the Cochrane Consumer Engagement Officer. Richard supports the engagement in research of a growing community of healthcare consumers (patients, carers, and the public), and Cochrane groups and authors who wish to involve consumers in producing and disseminating Cochrane evidence.


Part 1: Recap of webinar 1


Part 2: How to choose evaluation methods


Part 3: Case study - using surveys for evaluation


Additional materials

Download the slides from the webinar [PDF]:-

Part 1: Recap of webinar 1
Part 2: How to choose evaluation methods
Part 3: Case study - using surveys for evaluation