1. What are the important gaps between evidence and clinical practice identified in the networks area of interest? .......................................................... 2 2. What is the gap between evidence and practice that the network would propose to address first?..................................................................................... 2 a) What is the best available eviden...

we argue that the field of health policy and management (hpam) ought to confront the gap between theory, policy, and practice. although there are perennial efforts to reform healthcare systems, the conceptual barriers are considerable and reflect the theory-policy-practice gap. we highlight four dimensions of the gap: 1) the dominance of microeconomic thinking in health policy analysis and desi...

Management researchers and management practitioners increasingly appear to be talking past each other. A solution lies in understanding that interactive education has an important role play bridging this divide, but for some reason mode of academic exchange is often forgotten. Our paper broadens the stakeholder value perspective explore how why interests have diverged, before going on present i...

Reflections on the relationship between Iranian ELT researchers and practitioners suggest that research-practice gap has been an endemic feature of our language education programs. This issue has recently become a prime concern for many educational researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders. As such, calls for empirical investigations of measures to be taken in order to improve the relat...

Reflections on the relationship between Iranian ELT researchers and practitioners suggest that research-practice gap has been an endemic feature of our language education programs. This issue has recently become a prime concern for many educational researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders. As such, calls for empirical investigations of measures to be taken in order to improve the relat...

One of the frustrations of life for those who seek change, is the slow pace of reform. Policy reform in arts and culture is no exception. Governments offer promises, but they seem to take forever to arrive, and are often watered down when they do. Why is this so? We have no shortage of policies, Acts, discussion papers and other worthy documents telling us how things could change, but there is ...

Despite widespread recognition of a research-practice gap in multiple service sectors, less is known about how pre-existing communication channels facilitate the flow of information between researchers and practitioners. In the current study, we applied an existing typology of brokerage developed by Gould and Fernandez (Sociol Methodol 19:89-126, 1989) to examine what types of brokerage facilit...

Modern highway engineers have designed and constructed the great­ est road system the world has ever known. This accomplishment is a credit to the individuals and to our profession as a whole. I t is entirely proper for us to brag about our past accomplishments and the good jobs that we have built. We must, however, remember that terms such as “good”, “excel­ lent”, and “satisfactory” are only ...

The evaluation of nurse education programmes usually consists of the immediate assessment of changes in knowledge and attitudes (Ferrell,1988). Rarely do they focus on changes in the nurse’s behaviour, or consequent improvements in patient care. Attendance at a course does not ensure that nurses will change their practice on return to their clinical setting. However, it is difficult to assess t...