Soft networks for bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative evaluation of CHAIN

Soft networks for bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative evaluation of CHAIN.

OBJECTIVES To explore the process of knowledge exchange in an informal email network for evidence based health care, to illuminate the value of the service and its critical success factors, and to identify areas for improvement. DESIGN Illuminative evaluation. SETTING Targeted email and networking service for UK healthcare practitioners and researchers. PARTICIPANTS 2800 members of a netw...

Information in practice Soft networks for bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative evaluation of CHAIN

Objectives To explore the process of knowledge exchange in an informal email network for evidence based health care, to illuminate the value of the service and its critical success factors, and to identify areas for improvement. Design Illuminative evaluation. Setting Targeted email and networking service for UK healthcare practitioners and researchers. Participants 2800 members of a networking...

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice.

Health secretary Alan Johnson announced in March the identities of the first five academic health science centres in the UK, one of which is the result of a collaboration between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. These centres are partnerships between world-class universities and leading NHS organisations, and this article examines the implications of their esta...

Bridging the Gap Bridging the Educational Research-Teaching Practice Gap

The first paper [1] in this two-part miniseries on conceptual understanding discussed expert and novice conceptual knowledge, the multifaceted nature of conceptual understanding, and the cognitive skills essential for constructing it. This second article presents examples of instruments for the assessment and development of five facets of conceptual understanding that require competence in the ...

Convergence! Collision! Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice