Knowledge Transfer: Practices, Types and Challenges

ISBN: 9781620815793 出版年：2012 页码：220 Dragan Ilic Nova Science

The discipline of knowledge transfer has existed for many years across disciplines, but has more recently gained exposure within the health care field including medicine, nursing, health sciences, public health and health services research. Knowledge transfer is a complex iterative process that aims to implement high quality evidence into practice ensuring that better health outcomes are achieved across different levels including patients, health professionals, health systems and policy makers. This book provides an introduction to the field of knowledge transfer, examining the different approaches to knowledge transfer as well as detailing challenges to its implementation in practice. This book examines what knowledge transfer is, and how it may differ across different contexts and settings.