An Interesting Read...

Translation of Research Into Practice: Why We Can’t "Just Do It"

Lee A. Green, MD, MPH and Colleen M. Seifert, PhD

Abstract: Translation of new knowledge into practice proceeds through 3 stages, from awareness through acceptance to adoption. Translational research focuses almost exclusively on the first 2 stages. We argue that improving the disappointing results of translation efforts will require a detailed understanding of how adoption takes place. We summarize research in cognitive science that illustrates how accepted "declarative" knowledge (acquired through lectures, reading, and discussion) differs (even down to its locus in the brain) from adopted "procedural" knowledge that is acted on in clinical practice. We suggest strategies that can capitalize on the cognitive processes by which declarative knowledge is proceduralized, as a means of making translation more effective, including (1) structured case-level feedback, automated or from human consultants, during the declarative stage; (2) practice in context early in the procedural stage; and (3) deliberative practice when procedural knowledge has been formed but is still being refined.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 18:541-545 (2005)

An interesting read...

Bringing evidence to policy makers

Policy+ is a publication from the National Nursing Research Unit which aims to deliver brief overviews of evidence related to current policies affecting the nursing workforce in England, the wider United Kingdom and the rest of the world.

Issue No 19: Role for Nurses

From bench to bedside. What role for nurses in helping the NHS make better and quicker use of technological innovations?

The adoption of innovative healthcare technologies with a proven ability to deliver increased patient benefits and significant efficiencies is perceived as slower and more variable in the National Health Service (NHS) than other healthcare systems. Nurses are the largest workforce in the NHS and end users of much technology at the bedside. Drawing on a recently completed systematic review, this Policy Plus summarizes what we know – and do not know – about the nurses’ role in adopting and assimilating such innovations into routine clinical care and considers the challenges for nurse leaders.



(c) Policy +

Two interesting reads...

Thank you to Funders Forum participant, Kate O'Malley (California HealthCare Foundation) for recommending The Science of Spread: How Innovations in Care Became the Norm, a piece prepared for her foundation by Thomas Bodenheimer, M.D.

Thanks, also, to Funders Forum speaker, Elizabeth Bradley (Yale University) for giving us permission to post her article, Research in Action: Using Positive Deviance to Improve Quality of Health Care. Co-authored by Leslie A Curry, Shoba Ramanadhan, Laura Rowe, Ingrid M Nembhard and Harlan M Krumholz.


One of our goals is to keep our meeting participants up to date on the literature in the field relating to translation and adoption. We will be posting articles and providing additional ones at our meeting. We would love to hear from you about articles you would like to see profiled. Email Heather Kelley with your ideas.

An interesting read...

Innovation – The Case for Multi-Level Research

Authors: Brian Leavy and David Jacobson (1998/9).
Irish British and Administrative Research, Vol. 19/20 (1), 16-35.


One of our goals is to keep our meeting participants up to date on the literature in the field relating to translation and adoption. We will be posting articles and providing additional ones at our meeting. We would love to hear from you about articles you would like to see profiled. Email Heather Kelley with your ideas.

An interesting read...

Evidence-Based Decision Making: When Should We Wait for More Information?

Authors: Kalipso Chalkldou, Joanne Lord, Alastair Fisher, Peter Littlejohns
Health Affairs, 27(6), 1642-1653.


One of our goals is to keep our meeting participants up to date on the literature in the field relating to translation and adoption. We will be posting articles and providing additional ones at our meeting. We would love to hear from you about articles you would like to see profiled. Email Heather Kelley with your ideas.

An interesting read...

One of our goals is to keep our meeting participants up to date on the literature in the field relating to translation and adoption. We will be posting articles and providing additional ones at our meeting. We would love to hear from you about articles you would like to see profiled. Email Heather Kelley with your ideas.

In the meantime, take a look at this week's selection:
Health Research Funding Agencies’ Support and Promotion of Knowledge Translation: An International Study

Authors:
JACQUELINE M. TETROE, IAN D. GRAHAM, ROBBIE FOY, NICOLE ROBINSON, MARTIN P. ECCLES, MICHEL WENSING, PIERRE DURIEUX, FRANCE LEGARE, CAMILLA PALMHØJ NIELSON, ARMITA ADILY, JEANETTE E. WARD, CASSANDRA PORTER, BEVERLEY SHEA, and JEREMY M. GRIMSHAW

The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 1, 2008 (pp. 125–155)
(c) 2008 Milbank Memorial Fund. Published by Blackwell Publishing.