Facilitation roles and characteristics associated with research use by healthcare professionals: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementing research findings into practice is a complex process that is not well understood. Facilitation has been described as a key component of getting research findings into practice. The literature on facilitation as a practice innovation is growing. This review aimed to identify facilitator roles and to describe characteristics of facilitation that may be associated with successful research use by healthcare professionals.

Methods

We searched 10 electronic databases up to December 2016 and used predefined criteria to select articles. We included conceptual papers and empirical studies that described facilitator roles, facilitation processes or interventions, and that focused on healthcare professionals and research use. We used content and thematic analysi

SUBMITTER: Cranley LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724142 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature