Tag: evidence based practice
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Reasonable-seeming people
How many other things do we all do, every day, simply because reasonable-seeming people have told us to?
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Knowledge translation frameworks: Narrowing the gap between evidence and practice
There is a large gap between what we know and what we practice and the way to narrow that gap is not always clear, especially in the context of clinical practice where clinical guidelines are often ignored by healthcare professionals. There is often considerable time that elapses before research findings are transferred to common practice.…
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SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 1
Introduction by Dr. Lionel Green-Thompson A country whose health is fragile The future of health science education: 2020 vision by Prof. Athol Kent “After an introduction like that I can’t wait to hear myself speak” It’s not the strongest or fittest who survive but the ones who are most adaptable to change Who will our…
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Developing clinical reasoning and critical thinking
“Clinical reasoning is a process in which the therapist, interacting with the patient and significant others (e.g. family and other health-care team members), structures meaning, goals and health management strategies based on clinical data, client choices and professional judgment and knowledge (Higgs & Jones, 2000). Clinical reasoning is difficult, if not impossible to “teach” (if…
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HESS conference: a summary of my thoughts
OK, so I’ve been back for a few weeks now and have had a little bit of time to gather my thoughts regarding the HESS conference, and thought I’d make a note of some of the highlights from my limited perspective. If anyone from the conference feels that I’m way off the mark, feel free…
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Clinical guidelines: should we be using them?
I attended a lecture a few days ago by Karen Grimmer-Somers, a professor at the University of South Australia and Director of the Centre for Allied Health Evidence (CAHE). An adjunct professor at the University of Stellenbosch, she visits Cape Town every year or so and this year we were fortunate enough to have her…