The Rick Hansen Institute is committed to developing and promoting of Best Practices that lead to improvement in the quality of life of people with SCI.

What is a Best Practice?
A Best Practice is a technique or method that, through experience and research, has been proven to be effective.  As a network of Networks and Solutions Teams across Canada, we will support the development of Best Practices in the SCI field through four main activities:

• translating knowledge gained from our own work in Translational Research and Customized Solutions into Best Practice descriptions
• seeking out and promoting Solutions that are already Best Practices in parts of Canada or around the globe but have yet to be adopted across our country
• Transferring Knowledge of Best Practices among SCI practitioners, institutions and organizations
• working closely with the SCI community, across the continuum of treatment/care/support, to achieve the above.

We will promote and share Best Practices that:

• have been formally validated – through a trial, pilot, demonstration or expert review
• have been formally adopted or endorsed by an organization, institution, or "community of practice" active in the SCI field
• have been described in enough detail that they can be applied by a person with SCI, qualified practitioner or caregiver, or health institution or authority.

View the Rick Hansen Institute Knowledge Transfer Implementation Guidelines.