Editorial Reflections Practice Differences and Finding Common Ground

Editorial: REFLECTIONS ON MODELS FOR MEDICAL TRAINING AND PRACTICE. INNOVATION OR RENEWAL?

Editorial v.40, n2 ingles.indd

It is our pleasure to present the set of texts of the second issue of Education and Research in 2014. A little dossier of texts on a current theme opens this issue. We hope that theme will gain ground in the reflections of Latin American scientific community. The editorial board of our journal has long cherished the idea of promoting a quality debate which could help publishers of Brazilian jou...

Guest Editorial Personal Perspectives on Vocational Rehabilitation in Singapore and Sweden

This paper describes and analyses personal reflections on vocational rehabilitation in Singapore and Sweden from the perspectives of employees who have been on sick leave. Further, the study investigates what similarities and differences can be discerned from the accounts provided by the participants in the different countries. Interviews were conducted with five Singaporeans and five Swedes un...

Finding common ground with patients: the centrality of compatibility.

This research examines the lived experiences of six novice occupational therapists (0-2 years experience) and eight career occupational therapists (> or = 5 years in the everyday practice in adult rehabilitation. The study focused specifically on therapists' experiences of working together with patients and the ways in which these experiences unfolded over the course of therapy. Data were gener...

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy and Practice; Comment on “CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System”

Far too often, there is a gap between research and policy and practice. Too much research is undertaken with little relevance to real life problems or its reported in ways that are obscure and impenetrable. At the same time, many policies are developed and implemented but are untouched by, or even contrary to evidence. An accompanying paper describes an innovative progr...