Medical terminology

Understanding medical words: a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
This tutorial teaches you about medical words and how they are put together. It is a useful tool for those who do not come from a clinical background, but need to recognise the terminology.

Learning modules

Knowledge translation learning modules
Three knowledge translation learning modules are now freely available from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. They are:
1. A guide to researcher and knowledge-user collaboration in health research
2. Introduction to evidence-informed decision making
3. Critical appraisal of intervention studies

Knowledge translation

Evolving the theory and praxis of knowledge translation through social interaction: a social phenomenological study
CL McWilliam, A Kothari, C Ward-Griffin, D Forbes, B Leipert
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:26

Communities of practice

Use of communities of practice in business and health care sectors: a systematic review
LC Li, JM Grimshaw, C Nielsen, M Judd, PC Coyte, ID Graham
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:27

Health informatics education

Learning to Manage Health Information: a theme for clinical education: making a difference
Learning to Manage Health Information (LtMHI) was first developed in 1999 to establish a common educational framework in health informatics for all clinical professionals at pre- and post-registration levels, in all areas of healthcare.

Systematic guideline review

The systematic guideline review: method, rationale, and test on chronic heart failure
C Muth, J Gensichen, M Beyer, A Hutchinson, FM Gerlach
BMC Health Services Research, 2009, 9:74

Impact of primary care research

The feasibility of determining the impact of primary health care research projects using the Payback Framework
EC Kalucy, E Jackson-Bowers, E McIntyre, R Reed
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2009, 7:11

Research and primary care

Research activity and capacity in primary healthcare: the REACH study: a survey
LG Glynn, C O’Riordan, A MacFarlane, J Newell, AA Iglesias, D Whitford, P Cantillon, AW Murphy
BMC Family Practice, 2009, 10:33

Funding for course development

Learning Revolution Transformation Fund
The Learning Revolution Transformation Fund of £20 million offers grants of various sizes to help projects supporting informal adult learning get started. Public, private or third sector organisations in England are eligible to submit their creative proposals, preferably in partnership, by 12th July 2009. For a chance to meet other organisations with shared interests, there is a networking event on 9th June.

Clinically integrated e-learning

The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine: a cluster randomised trial
R Kulier, SF Coppus, J Zamore, J Hadley, S Malick, K Das, S Weinbrenner, B Meyerrose, T Decsi, AR Horvath, E Nagy, JI Emparanza, TN Arvanitis, A Burls, JB Cabello, M Kaczor, G Zanrei, K Pierer, K Stawiarz, R Kunz, BW Mol, KS Khan
BMC Medical Education, 2009, 9:21

Bias prevention

Preventing bias in cluster randomized trials
B Giraudeau, P Ravaud
PLoS Medicine, 2009, 6(5)

Implementation research

An implementation research agenda
MP Eccles, D Armstrong, R Baker, K Cleary, H Davies, S Davies, P Glasziou, I Ilott, AL Kinmonth, G Leng, S Logan, T Marteau, S Michie, H Rogers, J Rycroft-Malone, B Sibbald
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:18

Evidence based policy

Knowledge to policy: making the most of development research
F Carden
International Development Research Centre, 2009

Barriers to use of nursing in community nursing

Competency, confidence and conflicting evidence: key issues affecting health visitors’ use of research evidence in practice
S Hilton, H Bedford, M Calnan, K Hunt
BMC Nursing, 2009, 8:4

Randomised trial on computerised decision support

Effect of guideline based computerised decision support on decision making of multidisciplinary teams: cluster randomised trial in cardiac rehabilitation
R Goud, NF de Keizer, G ter Riet, JC Wyatt, A Hasman, IM Hellemans, N Peek
British Medical Journal, 2009, 325(7370), pp941-950
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Clinical librarians

In an emergency call the clinical librarian!
TJ Coats, S Sutton, C Vorwerk, MW Cooke
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2009, 26(5), pp321-323
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Need for accurate presentation of evidence

Managing evidence-based knowledge: the need for reliable, relevant and readable resources
S Straus, B Haynes
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2009, 180(9), pp942-945

Research framework

A translational framework for public health research
D Ogilvie, P Craig, S Griffin, S Macintyre, NJ Wareham
BMC Public Health, 2009, 9:116

Role of the knowledge broker

A description of a knowledge broker role implemented as part of a randomized controlled trial evaluating three knowledge translation strategies
M Dobbins, P Robeson, D Ciliska, S Hanna, R Cameron, L O’Mara, K DeCorby, S Mercer
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:23