A KT intervention including the evidence alert system to improve clinician's evidence-based practice behavior-a cluster randomized controlled trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Campbell, Lanie ^a   Novak, Iona ^a,b   McIntyre, Sarah ^a,b   Lord, Sarah ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b Cerebral Palsy Alliance   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Evidence based practice; KT; Online KT tool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84887375676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-132     Document Type: Article

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