Crilly et al’s report highlights several ways we know what we know. They all seem to make sense to me, and that therefore helps to explain why describing what we know and how we know it sometimes seems nigh on impossible. The…
Crilly et al’s report highlights several ways we know what we know. They all seem to make sense to me, and that therefore helps to explain why describing what we know and how we know it sometimes seems nigh on impossible. The…
Sometimes I see even the most eminent and prestigious people taking time out from their healthcare priorities to tell us on twitter what they think of what’s on at the cinema at the moment. So, why not… I indulged in 3…
Health Foundation Learning report:(full report here) Leading networks in healthcare: Learning about what works – the theory and practice Published 23 January 2013 This is report is based on the programme the Health Foundation set up in October 2011 to…
Epistemology can be used “as a tool to cut into the discipline of knowledge management and expose its anatomy” (Spender, 2008, p166 – p.49 of this report) What is the nature of knowledge? (scroll down if you just want my…
“Apparently if you hold ice to parts of your arm where you’d normally stub out your fag, it sends a similar message to your brain without making you smell like a barbcue.” I came across the above line in ‘The…
Yesterday over 120 healthcare staff, patients, academics and industry partners came together to share up to date news about improving services on the front-line as part of the winter CLAHRC for Northwest London Collaborative Learning and Delivery Event. Keynote: Professor Tony Bell,…
The Getting to Outcomes Results-Based approach to Accountability – is it like the CLAHRC NWL approach? Abraham Wanderson, Professor of Psychology at the University South Carolina-Columbia, talked about his GTO approach to implementing change that’s been used in the US…
Do you know the history of the policy related to knowledge mobilisation and research utilisation? It’s surprisingly complex, with much more happening in recent years. This covers 1948-2009 only. • 1948-1991: curiosity-driven research, where “Special Health Authorities were tertiary clinical…
Got encouraging comments from a peer reviewer on my slightly quirky essay. Hopefully with minor revisions it’ll be out there soon… In the meantime, I’ll leave you to ponder what it might be about 🙂
Crilly et al published their findings of a research utilisation and knowledge mobilisation literature review in 2010. I’ll be publishing my summary and views of it in sections as it’s 306 pages long! Possibly contentiously it opens with comparative vignettes:…
