Knowledge translation: beyond the peer reviewed papers

Oh the risks and pitfalls of trying to get research into clinical practice! There’s an often-cited figure estimating it takes around 17 years for a new practice to enter routine clinical care (Dilling, Swensen, Hoover, Dankbar, Donahoe-Anshus, Murad & Mueller, 2013) – that’s a long time! There are many reasons for this delay: Inertia – change is hard!Systems – often support the status quo, may not fund new or innovative practicePeer pressure – to keep on doing the same as everyone elseQuestioning whether the benefits are truly thereBusy clinical practice making it difficult to think differently Contradictory reports in researchLack of confidence to make a change (original training maybe didn’t include the skills now needed)Expectations, perhaps from the people we hope to helpHolding on to beliefs that feel good/provide short-term effects but may not provide long-term ones Blogs, like this one, are one way to bridge the research to practice gap. Social media has become a powerful influence, at least in explicit attitudes even if not necessarily daily clinical practice. There are risks, however, in using social media for ongoing learning though I will say that there are also risks in attending conferences, workshops, reading books, reading journals and the like! The main risk, in my humble opinion (see what I did there?!), is that authors write what they know, and everything that’s put out “there” is...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Professional topics knowledge translation musing research into practice Source Type: blogs