The effectiveness of toolkits as knowledge translation strategies for integrating evidence into clinical care: A systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Yamada, Janet ^a   Shorkey, Allyson ^a   Barwick, Melanie ^a   Widger, Kimberley ^a   Stevens, Bonnie J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION TOOLKIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCINFO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84929346649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006808     Document Type: Article

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