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How Do Clinicians Learn About Knowledge Translation? An Investigation of Current Web-Based Learning Opportunities
(JMIR Publications, 2017-07-13)Background: Clinicians are important stakeholders in the translation of well-designed research evidence into clinical practice for optimal patient care. However, the application of knowledge translation (KT) theories and ... -
Knowing How Good Our Searches Are: An Approach Derived from Search Filter Development Methodology
(University of Alberta, 2015)Objective – Effective literature searching is of paramount importance in supporting evidence based practice, research, and policy. Missed references can have adverse effects on outcomes. This paper reports on the development ... -
Finding the best available evidence: how can we know?
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2015)The importance (in all scientific fields) of finding and using evidence is growing rapidly, with increased recognition that decisions should be based on sound evidence. Key to finding this evidence is effective searching. ... -
Palliative Care Knowledge for All Australians: Librarians’ Work within a Multidisciplinary Team Creating a National Health Knowledge Network
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2015)This paper introduces Australia’s CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge network, outlining its information services, underpinning principle of evidence-based information and the contribution of librarians, integral to the ... -
Discovering the dementia evidence base: Tools to support knowledge to action in dementia care (innovative practice)
(SAGE Publications, 2015-05-28)Dementia requires expert care and decision making, based on sound evidence. Reliable evidence is difficult for busy dementia care professionals to find quickly. This study developed an experimentally tested search filter ... -
Helping the clinician to help the patient: CareSearch evidence-based information for palliative care
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CareSearch revisited
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Improve your literature searches with the new smart searching modules
(Australian Library and Information Association - Health Libraries Australia, 2014-06)Sarah Hayman reports on SMART SEARCHING, a free set of online self-paced modules for librarians and researchers who want to enhance their literature searching skills. The resource was developed by CareSearch Palliative ... -
The implementation of intentional rounding using participatory action research
(Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 2013-07-08)‘Intentional’/’hourly rounding’ is defined as regular checks of individual patients carried out by health professionals at set intervals, rather than a response to a summons via a call bell. Intentional rounding places ... -
Current Advance Directive Use in South Australia: Results from the 2012 Spring South Australian Health Omnibus Survey
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)Background: Advance directives enable autonomous decision-making for future healthcare and welfare and are an integral part of many advance care planning programs. Current evidence of use of these instruments in South ... -
Use of advance directives by South Australians: Results from the Health Ominbus Survey Spring 2012.
(Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd, 2014)Objective: To determine the prevalence of completion of advance directives (ADs) and wills by South Australians aged 15 years and over. Design, setting and participants: Statewide population-based survey of a single member ... -
Not published, not indexed: issues in generating and finding hospice and palliative care literature
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2010-01-06)Not all research work and new knowledge within hospice and palliative care is converted to journal articles and published. Journal indexing does not equate with indexing all contents of all listed journals. There are ... -
OvidSP Medline-to-PubMed search filter translation: a methodology for extending search filter range to include PubMed's unique content
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2013-07-02)Background: PubMed translations of OvidSP Medline search filters offer searchers improved ease of access. They may also facilitate access to PubMed’s unique content, including citations for the most recently published biomedical ... -
CareSearch Online palliative care information for GPs
(Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 2010-05)General practitioners occupy a unique place in caring for patients with terminal illnesses who wish to continue living in the community. Supporting and encouraging GPs to offer or continue providing palliative care is not ... -
Development of a heart failure filter for Medline: an objective approach using evidence-based clinical practice guidelines as an alternative to hand searching
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2011-01-28)Background: Heart failure is a highly debilitating syndrome with a poor prognosis primarily affecting the elderly. Clinicians wanting timely access to heart failure evidence to provide optimal patient care can face many ... -
Dilemmas in assessing performance on fieldwork education placements
(Sense Publishers, 2010)Our students value fieldwork placements and their fieldwork educators highly. They enter our university programs with the goal of joining us in our practice. Competency-based assessment based on observed performance of ... -
Checklist of parent Lidcombe Program administration
(Speech Pathology Australia, 2012)This article outlines the development of a checklist to document parent and child behaviours when implementing Lidcombe Program treatment during structured conversations. We present item development and reliability testing ... -
Estrogen defines the dynamics and destination of transactivated EGF receptor in breast cancer cells: role of S1P3 receptor and Cdc42
(Elsevier, 2013-02-15)Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptors mediate transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by estrogen (E2). Here we report that the amount of intracellular EGFR remains elevated after stimulation of MCF-7 ... -
How effective are programs at managing transition from hospital to home? A case study of the Australian transition care program
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-03-14)An increasing demand for acute care services due in part to rising proportions of older people and increasing rates of chronic diseases has led to new models of post-acute care for older people that offer coordinated ... -
Acupuncture to improve live birth rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-05-18)IVF is a costly treatment option for women, their partners, and the public. Therefore new therapies that improve reproductive and health outcomes are highly desirable. There is a growing body of research evaluating the ...
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