Getting to uptake: Do communities of practice support the implementation of evidence-based practice?

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-29

  Barwick, Melanie A ^a,b   Peters, Julia ^a   Boydell, Katherine ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Implementation; Knowledge translation; Practice change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SATISFACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 65349099000     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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