Events

Event: iLearning Forum 2009
19th – 20th January 2009 – Paris, France
The theme of this year’s iLearning Forum is Integrated Learning: Embedding Learning Technologies for Individual and Organisational Development. Learning professional colleagues from around the world will be meeting to explore state of the art practice in the use of technology for education and the development and management of human resources. Click here for more.

Event: LOGOS Final Conference: New Technology Platforms for Learning
19th – 20th January 2009 – Budapest (Hungary)
This conference aims to explore the innovative solutions for individual learning processes embedded in sound learning theories, focusing on the learner–technology relationship. Participation is free of charge. Click here for more information.

Event: Health Care 2009 – Methods, Measurement and Engagement
2nd February 2009 – Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Canada
The 2009 symposium will feature presentations, panels and small-group discussions on several topics, including:

• Sharing information through distributed data networking
• Reflections on eHealth
• Health services research methodologies

Calls for Interest

Calls for Interest: EDEN 2009 Annual Conference
10th – 13th June 2009 – Gdansk (Poland)
The European Distance and E-Learning Network invites European academic experts and professional practitioners to contribute and share innovative experience on the theme of the significance and impact of learning innovation in Europe. Deadline for contributions (including workshop ideas, posters and short demonstrations) is 16th January 2009. Click here for more information.

Tools

The Improvement Map
The purpose of the Improvement Map, from the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) in America, is to help hospital leaders to create their own agenda for change, establish priorities, organize work, and use resources efficiently. It offers guidance helping you establish where you are now and where you want to be. Click here to download the Improvement Map overview. In the coming months, IHI will cover the entire landscape of outstanding hospital care, and so far has 15 interventions, clustered by care setting and content area, to help hospitals identify where they should focus to maximize impact. Click here to see the Improvement Map.

Human Resources

What are the roles involved in establishing and maintaining informational continuity of care within family practice? A systematic review
VA Crooks, G Agarwal
BMC Family Practice, 2008, 9:65
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Commissioning

“What’s New?” – newsletter for commissioners
The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) Better Commissioning network publishes a monthly newsletter, signposting commissioners to news on policy, publications, tools, and resources. Each newsletter contains information on:

• CSIP Better Commissioning news and publications
• Other CSIP programmes news and publications
• Other publications and products
• Queries from network members
• Policy news
• Policy briefings

Click here to find out more.

Leadership

A mixed methods pilot study with a cluster randomized control trial to evaluate the impact of a leadership intervention on guideline implementation in home care nursing
WA Gifford, B Davies, ID Graham, N Lefebre, A Tourangeau, K Woodend
Implementation Science, 2008, 3:51
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Research

Reporting of clinical trials: a review of research funders’ guidelines
K Dwan, C Gamble, PR Williamson, DG Altman
Trials, 2008, 9:66
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Health Informatics

Web 2.0 systems supporting childhood chronic disease management: a pattern language representation of a general architecture
T Timpka, H Eriksson, J Ludvigsson, J Ekberg, S Nordfeldt, L Hanberger
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2008, 8:54
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Social computing: study on the use and impacts of collaborative content
K Ala-Mutka
2008, JRC Scientific and Technical Reports
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ICT for learning, innovation and creativity
K Ala-Mutka, Y Punie, C Redecker
2008, JRC Technical Notes
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Intersection of online social networking with medical professionalism: can medicine police the Facebook boom?
LA Thompson, K Dawson, R Ferdig, EW Black, J Boyer, J Coutts, NP Black
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(7), pp954-957
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Learning

Teaching on a ward round
J Ker, P Cantillon, L Ambrose
British Medical Journal, 2008, 2nd December, 337:a1930
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Self and peer assessment may not be an accurate measure of PBL [problem-based learning] tutorial process
JLM Machado, VMP Machado, W Grec, V Roberto Bollela, JE Vieira
BMC Medical Education, 2008, 8:55
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Knowledge Improvement

Underutilization of information and knowledge in everyday medical practice: evaluation of a computer-based solution
D Zakim, N Braun, P Fritz, MD Alscher
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2008, 8:50
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The social psychology of knowledge management
J Kimmerle, K Wodzicki, U Cress
Team Performance Management, 2008, 14(7/8), pp381-401
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Quality Improvement

Commentary: randomised trials of surgical and non-surgical treatment: a role model for the future
JM Blazeby, CP Barham, JL Donovan
British Medical Journal, 2008, 15th December, 337:a2747
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Publication guidelines for quality improvement studies in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project
F Davidoff, P Batalden, D Stevens, G Ogrinc, S Mooney
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(12), pp2125-2130
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Decision Making

A simple paper-based patient decision aid
M Hird
Evidence Based Medicine, 2008, 13:166
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Patient Safety

Can studies of harm be harmful?
JG Ray
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2008, 179(12), pp1243-1244
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Evidence Based Practice

Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy
MMG Leeflang, JJ Deeks, C Gatsonis, PMM Bossuyt
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008, 149(12), pp889-897
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Editorial: GRADE: assessing the quality of evidence for diagnostic recommendations
HJ Schunemann, AD Oxman, J Brozek, P Glasziou, P Bossuyt, S Chang, P Muti, R Jaeschke, GH Guyatt
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008, 149(12), ppJC6-2
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Applying evidence: what’s the next action
P Glasziou
Evidence Based Medicine, 2008, 13:166
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In pursuit of patient care, research and health policy: today’s research is tomorrow’s practice and policy
JA Whitworth
Medical Journal of Australia, 2008, 189(11/12), pp646-649
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Service Improvement

Evaluating service delivery interventions to enhance patient safety
C Brown, R Lilford
British Medical Journal, 2008, 337:a2873
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An improvement focus in public reporting: the Queensland approach
SJ Duckett, J Collins, M Kamp, K Walker
Medical Journal of Australia, 2008, 189(11/12), pp616-617
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Calls for Interest

Call for papers: Innovation and creativity in learning
Deadline for article submission: 12th January 2009
In order to contribute to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, eLearning Papers launches a call for papers on innovation and creativity in learning. The papers may address themes such as open innovation and learning, innovative learning concepts, and empowering peer networks. Click here for more information.

Call for abstracts: – Better evidence for a better world
18th-20th May 2009 – 9th Annual Campbell Collaboration Colloquium
The Campbell Collaboration seeks submissions related to the theme Better Evidence for a Better World from researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the areas of education, crime and justice, social welfare and public health, for its 9th Annual Colloquium. Click here for more information.

Commissioning

Medical research: what’s it worth? Estimating the economic benefits from medical research in the UK
Health Economics Research Group, Office of Health Economics, RAND Europe
November 2008
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Research

Children are not just small adults: the urgent need for high-quality trial evidence in children
TP Klassen, L Hartling, JC Craig, M Offringa
PLoS Medicine, 2008, 5(8), e172
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Learning

Evidence based medicine and the medical curriculum
P Glasziou, A Burls, R Gilbert
British Medical Journal, 2008, 24th September, 337:1253
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Impact of an evidence-based medicine curriculum on resident use of electronic resources: a randomized controlled study
S Kim, L Willett, D Murphy, K O’Rourke, R Sharma, J Shea
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(11), pp1804-1808
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Innovation

A descriptive model of innovation and creativity in organizations: a synthesis of research and practice
AD Amar, JA Juneja
Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 2008, 6(4), pp298-311
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Knowledge Improvement

Interpreting research findings to guide treatment in practice
T Kendrick, K Hegarty, P Glasziou
British Medical Journal, 2008, 24th October, 337:a1499
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Analysis of queries sent to PubMed at the point of care: observation of search behaviour in a medical teaching hospital
A Hoogendam, AFH Stalenhoef, PF de Vries
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2008, 8:42
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Strengthening primary care with better transfer of information
RJ Reid
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2008, 179(10), pp987-988
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Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community
C van Walraven
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2008, 179(10), pp1013-
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Defining the problem: key element for the success of knowledge management
M Barcelo-Valenzuela, G Sanchez-Schmitz, A Perez-Soltero
Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 2008, 6(4), pp322-333
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Knowledge Management: a program for education and leadership
H Muller-Merbach
Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 2008, 6(4), pp350-356

Quality Improvement

Quality monitoring of physicians: linking patients’ experiences of care to clinical quality and outcomes
T Sequist, E Schneider, M Anastario, E Odigie, R Marshall, W Rogers, D Safran
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(11), pp1784-1790
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Decision Making

Communication and decision making about life – sustaining treatment: examining the experiences of resident physicians and seriously-ill hospitalized patients
K Deep, C Griffith, J Wilson
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(11), pp1877-1882
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Patient decision to initiate therapy for osteoporosis: the influence of knowledge and beliefs
R Yood, K Mazor, S Andrade, S Ermani, W Chan, K Kahler
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(11), pp1815-1821
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Patient Safety

Detection of adverse events in administrative databases
KCE (Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre) report 93C
November 2008
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Performance Measurement

The relationship between measured performance and satisfaction with care among clinically complex patients
R Werner, V Chang
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(11), pp1729-1735
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Performance Improvement

A cluster randomized trial to improve adherence to evidence-based guidelines on diabetes and reduce clinical inertia in primary care physicians in Belgium: study protocol (NTR 1369)
L Borgermans, G Goderis, C van den Broeke, C Mathieu, B Aertgeerts, G Verbeke, A Carbonez, A Ivanova, R Grol, J Heyrman
Implementation Science, 2008, 3:42
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Evidence Based Practice

Factors influencing the implementation of clinical guidelines for health care professionals: a meta review
AAL Francke, MMC Smit, AAJE de Veer, PP Mistiaen
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision-Making, 2008, 8:e38
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Evidence-based medicine targets the individual patient, part 2: guides and tools for individual decision-making
D Brassler
Evidence Based Medicine, 2008, 13(5), pp130-131
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Why A-level evidence does not make it to clinicians’ A-list: the case of thromboprophylaxis in medical patients
JD Douketis
Evidence Based Medicine, 2008, 13(5), pp133-134
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What should clinicians do when faced with conflicting recommendations?
AD Oxman, P Glasziou, JW Williams, JR
British Medical Journal, 2008, 28th November, 337: a2530
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Good clinical practice in clinical trials: core knowledge for emergency physicians
S Goodacre
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2008, 25(12), pp789
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Service Improvement

Organizational improvements to enhance modern clinical epidemiology
RM Califf, GS Ginsburg
Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008, 300(19), pp2300-2302
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Providers’ experience with an organizational redesign initiative to promote patient-centered access: a qualitative study
J Tufano, J Ralston, D Martin
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, 23(11), pp1778-1783
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