Background
Methods
Study design
Case A | Case B | Case C | |
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Context
| Large, diverse population served; leadership had vision for EIDM; EIDM a strategic priority, with committed resources. | Large, urban centre served; leadership strongly committed to EIDM; manager ‘champion’ for EIDM; EIDM a strategic priority | Mid-size urban/rural mix served; leadership committed to EIDM, with additional support from executive. |
Intervention period
| September 2010 – June 2012 | April 2011 – February 2013 | April 2011 – December 2012 |
Intervention strategies
| KB on site, 2 days/week: | KB on/off site, 2 days/week: | KB on/off-site, 2 days/week: |
- Provided workshop training for all staff; | - Provided introductory workshops to all consultants; | - Provided department-wide EIDM training; | |
- Participated in intra-department presentations; | - Provided EIDM training for all staff in one directorate; | - Advised Research Knowledge & Exchange Committee on creation of EIDM guidebook; | |
- Mentored staff teams through rapid evidence reviews; | - Mentored staff teams through rapid evidence reviews; | - Mentored staff teams through rapid evidence reviews; | |
- Provided one-on-one consulting; | - Provided one-on-one consulting; | - Provided one-on-one consulting; | |
- Regularly met with and presented to senior management. | - Advised senior management; | - Advised executive on EIDM Policy & Procedure. | |
- Advocated for staff time to be allocated to EIDM. |
Data collection
Data analysis
Tools for EIDM
Step | Tool | Description | Format |
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1. DEFINE
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Developing an Efficient Search Strategy
| → Assists users in turning a practice-based issue into an answerable, searchable question and identifying key terms to facilitate an efficient search [33]. | Word document |
Developing a Conceptual Model
| Word document | ||
2. SEARCH
|
6S Pyramid
| → Guides users through searching published literature, moving from the most synthesized evidence to single studies [39]. | Word document |
Resources to Guide & Track Your Search
| Word document | ||
Keeping Track of Search Results: A Flowchart
| → Enables users to document the results of a search [42]. | PowerPoint document | |
3. APPRAISE
|
AGREE II Instrument
| PDF document | |
AMSTAR Tool
| Online, PDF document | ||
Quality Assessment Tool
| → Guides users through critical appraisal of syntheses [46]. | PDF document | |
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Tools
| → Guides users through critical appraisal of multiple study designs (syntheses, intervention studies, cohort studies, case–control studies, diagnostic studies, economic evaluations, clinical prediction rules, qualitative studies) [51]. | PDF document | |
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
| → Guides users through critical appraisal of multiple study designs (syntheses, intervention studies, cohort studies, case–control studies, diagnostic studies, and economic evaluations) [52]. | Word document | |
Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies
| → Guides public health users through critical appraisal of multiple quantitative study designs (intervention studies, case–control studies, cohort studies, interrupted time series) [56]. | PDF document | |
Critical Review Form Qualitative Studies
| PDF document | ||
4. SYNTHESIZE
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Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews
| Word document | |
5. ADAPT
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Applicability & Transferability of Evidence Tool
| → Guides users through the process and criteria for evaluating the applicability and transferability of the evidence to local contexts [65]. | PDF document |
Rapid Review Report Structure
| PDF document | ||
6. IMPLEMENT
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Knowledge Translation Planning Tool
| → Guides users through planning, implementing, and evaluating plans for knowledge translation [68]. | PDF document |
7. EVALUATE
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Managers’ Checklist
| Word document |