Spanning the know-do gap: Understanding knowledge application and capacity in long-term care homes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1326-1334

  Berta, Whitney ^a   Teare, Gary F ^b   Gilbart, Erin ^c   Ginsburg, Liane S ^d   Lemieux Charles, Louise ^a   Davis, Dave ^a,e   Rappolt, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Health Quality Council   (Canada)

^c Independent Healthcare Consultant ^*  (Canada)

^d York University   (Canada)

^e ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based practice; Knowledge application; Knowledge translation; Learning capacity; Long term care homes; Multiple case study

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77950918746     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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