Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2012

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This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 66, Issue 5, September/October 2012, Pages e85–e88.

The published version is available at DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2012.004432. Copyright © American Occupational Therapy Association

Abstract

Translating research findings into practice includes myriad pragmatic realities, including understanding the suitability of the data to a particular patient group, writing new guidelines for occupational therapy practitioners, facilitating adoption of the guidelines, and instituting new patterns of care for patients. The process is more than a matter of disseminating the information to practitioners and expecting immediate change in patient treatment. Indeed, the field of implementation science is devoted to the identification of the numerous barriers and supports that constrain or expedite practice change in response to research. Moving forward and adopting evidence-based findings will require a focused understanding of the particular setting where change is warranted. Among the issues to address are the health system levels involved in change (professional, legislative, administrative, practitioner, and patient and family members), the values and beliefs of the participants, and knowledge of the communication channels that exist in the setting and how information and new ideas make their way through the setting.

PubMed ID

22917134

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