Why (we think) facilitation works: Insights from organizational learning theory

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Berta, Whitney ^a   Cranley, Lisa ^b   Dearing, James W ^c   Dogherty, Elizabeth J ^d   Squires, Janet E ^e   Estabrooks, Carole A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84943376098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0323-0     Document Type: Article

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