An Overview of the Network
Our Vision
To establish the Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID as an international leading hub of research innovation and excellence for advancing evidence-informed rehabilitation assessments, interventions, and models of care delivery to prevent or mitigate disability and optimize health and well-being among people recovering from or affected by COVID-19.
Values and Principles
Collaborative, interdisciplinary, participatory community-engaged approaches; Equity diversity and inclusion lens that includes intersectional consideration.
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More About our Guiding Values and Principles
The Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID believes that forming partnerships and exchanging knowledge among individuals and organizations experiencing disability related to COVID-19 is an important step in bridging widespread clinical knowledge with a strong research foundation on COVID-19 rehabilitation.
The Network emphasizes interdisciplinary and participatory community-engaged approaches to collaboration, embedded with an equity diversity and inclusion lens. The Network aims to build on the enthusiasm of individual members to facilitate the advancement of research ideas and activities related to COVID-19 rehabilitation research through the principles of meaningful involvement of persons with lived experiences and affected by COVID-19, including acute COVID-19, Long COVID, and their caregivers.
Objectives / Strategic Directions
- Generating evidence and advancing knowledge in COVID-19 rehabilitation science.
- Establishing new and strengthening existing research collaborations and partnerships locally, nationally and internationally (clinical, research, community) in the field of COVID-19 rehabilitation.
- Mobilizing Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (КТЕ) on rehabilitation research related to COVID-19, clinical practice and service delivery among persons with lived experiences and affected by COVID-19, including acute COVID-19, and Long COVID, researchers, caregivers, clinicians, educators, trainees, representatives of community organizations and policy stakeholders in Canada and internationally.
- Building interdisciplinary capacity among faculty and trainees.
- Identifying key research priorities in COVID-19 rehabilitation.
- Fostering mentorship and training in COVID-19 rehabilitation research among faculty and trainees.
- Identifying new and emerging priorities in COVID-19 rehabilitation research and practice.
- Establishing a plan for sustainability and growth as an international research collaborative to address priorities in COVID-19 rehabilitation research.
Activities
Overall Outcomes
- Advanced evidence on the role and impact of rehabilitation in the context of COVID-19.
- Translation and integration of evidence into practice, future research, policy and programming; Sustainability and Growth.
Funding: The Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID is funded by the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.