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Applying Knowledge Translation In Rehabilitation: An Exploration Of What It Means To Change Clinical Practice, Stacey D. Guy
Applying Knowledge Translation In Rehabilitation: An Exploration Of What It Means To Change Clinical Practice, Stacey D. Guy
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Health care providers are often required to implement evidence-based recommendations into the care they deliver. Resources that support health care providers’ efforts are a useful knowledge translation strategy. This thesis describes the development and usability evaluation of an evidence-informed clinical practice implementation toolkit to support implementation efforts. Two studies were undertaken to provide insight into what was needed to support health care providers, and to inform the development of the toolkit. A retrospective evaluation analyzed the performance of a team implementing a pressure ulcer risk assessment for patients with spinal cord injury. The rates of adherence to the risk assessment …