Applying pragmatic and valid tools can support change teams to accurately monitor knowledge use and strengthen their understanding of these factors. Additionally, a tool’s results and analysis help change teams prepare for the next action cycle phase, ‘Evaluate outcomes’.
The table below lists the tools that can be used to monitor knowledge use. For each tool, two documents are provided – 1) a summary page that includes the tool’s purpose, description and applicable action cycle phases, and 2) a companion document that details the tools’ pragmatic and psychometric properties.
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*All of the tools listed below can also be considered for use during the action cycle phase: Assess barriers and facilitators to knowledge use.
**All of the tools listed below can be considered for use during the action cycle phases: Identify the problem/Determine the know/do gap and Assess barriers and facilitators to knowledge use.
Additional resources to support using the KTA tools:
Click here to view two summary tables that describe all of the tools included in the Leading Change Toolkit™, what they measure and in which of the KTA action cycle phase(s) they can be applied.
Click here to read more about considerations for using KTA tools by change teams including the how-tos of selecting a tool, implementing it, and determining the next steps for follow-up.