Knowledge Translation – CMAJ series

This series began in 2009, when CMAJ was still an Open Access journal.  Link to free full text for Parts 1-5 below at http://tiny.cc/CMAJ_KT. Part 1: Straus SE, Tetroe J, Graham I. Defining knowledge translation. CMAJ 2009;181(3-4):165-8. Part 2: Brouwers M, Stacey D, O’Connor A. Knowledge creation: synthesis, tools and products. CMAJ 2009 Nov 2. [...]

Interview with Dr. David Sackett, pioneer in evidence-based medicine

Here is an interesting interview from the October 30 issue of The Globe and Mail: Picard A. ‘When we began, we were almost pariahs’ : A research pioneer [Dr. Dave Sackett] tells André Picard about the battle for evidence-based medicine Excerpts:  Dave Sackett, a professor emeritus at McMaster University in Hamilton, has been awarded the [...]

Knowledge Translation: Open Access Articles

The following articles are available free online from CACHE’s Open Access Library: Cordero C, Delino R, Jeyaseelan L, Lansang MA, Lozano JM, Kumar S, Moreno S, Pietersen M, Quirino J, Thamlikitkul V, Welch VA, Tetroe J, Ter Kuile A, Graham ID, Grimshaw J, Neufeld V, Wells G, Tugwell P.  Funding agencies in low- and middle-income [...]

Evidence-Based Health Care: Open Access Articles

The following articles are available free online from CACHE’s Open Access Library: De Vito C, Nobile CG, Furnari G, Pavia M, De Giusti M, Angelillo IF, Villari P.  Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes and professional use of RCTs and meta-analyses: A cross-sectional survey. Eur J Public Health 2009 Jan 7. Montori VM, Guyatt GH. Progress in evidence-based [...]

Evidence-informed Health Policy: a series from Implementation Science

Here is a new series from Implementation Science, a BioMed Central journal (Open Access): John N Lavis, Andrew D Oxman, Ray Moynihan, Elizabeth J Paulsen. Evidence-informed health policy 1 – Synthesis of findings from a multi-method study of organizations that support the use of research evidence. Implementation Science 2008, 3:53 (17 December 2008) Conclusions: This [...]

Bringing important research evidence into practice: Canadian developments

This article from Family Practice describes two Canadian  initiatives that are helping to transfer research into practice [subscription required]: CAPRE: Critically Appraised Practice Reflection Exercise [Queen's University, Kingston ON] GAC: Guidelines Advisory Committee [Ontario] Rosser W. Bringing important research evidence into practice: Canadian developments. Family Practice 2008 November 12. BACKGROUND: The transfer of evidence from research [...]

Progress in evidence-based medicine: JAMA articles

The  October 15 issue of JAMA contains a commentary on the article on EBM published in 1992. Both are available free online. Montori VM, Guyatt GH. Progress in evidence-based medicine. JAMA. 2008 Oct 15;300(15):1814-6. In 1992 JAMA published an article by the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group focusing on the role of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in [...]

eScholarship Respository (California Digital Library)

   Here is an Open Access resource I just discovered, from the California Digital Library (CDL). The repository is a service of the eScholarship initiative of the California Digital Library, and is an open-access publishing platform that offers UC [Universiy of California] departments, centers, and research units direct control over the creation and dissemination of [...]

Cochrane Library: Free access for all?

  In an ideal world, all health information would be available to all people. The databases contained in the Cochrane Library are an invaluable resource for health professionals, particularly the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and there is a global movement to make the Cochrane Library available to all. A number of countries now offer [...]

Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach

   This series of practice guidelines has been published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics [full text by subscription]: Bussières AE, Peterson C, Taylor JA. Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach. Introduction. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2007 Nov-Dec;30(9):617-83. Imaging technology can improve patient outcomes by allowing greater [...]