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Uncovering Tacit Knowledge: A Pilot Study To Broaden The Concept Of Knowledge In Knowledge Translation, Anita Kothari, Julia Bickford, Nancy Edwards, Maureen Dobbins, Mechthild Meyer
Uncovering Tacit Knowledge: A Pilot Study To Broaden The Concept Of Knowledge In Knowledge Translation, Anita Kothari, Julia Bickford, Nancy Edwards, Maureen Dobbins, Mechthild Meyer
Anita Kothari
BACKGROUND: All sectors in health care are being asked to focus on the knowledge-to-practice gap, or knowledge translation, to increase service effectiveness. A social interaction approach to knowledge translation assumes that research evidence becomes integrated with previously held knowledge, and practitioners build on and co-create knowledge through mutual interactions. Knowledge translation strategies for public health have not provided anticipated positive changes in evidence-based practice, possibly due in part to a narrow conceptualization of knowledge. More work is needed to understand the role of tacit knowledge in decision-making and practice. This pilot study examined how health practitioners applied tacit knowledge in …
Lessons From The Business Sector For Successful Knowledge Management In Health Care: A Systematic Review, Anita Kothari, Nina Hovanec, Robyn Hastie, Shannon Sibbald
Lessons From The Business Sector For Successful Knowledge Management In Health Care: A Systematic Review, Anita Kothari, Nina Hovanec, Robyn Hastie, Shannon Sibbald
Anita Kothari
BACKGROUND: The concept of knowledge management has been prevalent in the business sector for decades. Only recently has knowledge management been receiving attention by the health care sector, in part due to the ever growing amount of information that health care practitioners must handle. It has become essential to develop a way to manage the information coming in to and going out of a health care organization. The purpose of this paper was to summarize previous studies from the business literature that explored specific knowledge management tools, with the aim of extracting lessons that could be applied in the health …