Healthy Skepticism Library item: 20343

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Publication type: Journal Article

Dowie J.
The research-practice gap and the role of decision analysis in closing it.
Health Care Anal 1996; 4:(1):5-18
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02251141

Abstract:

Current hypotheses for the existence of the ‘research-practice gap’ focus on weaknesses in research dissemination on the one hand and practitioner attitudes and motivations on the other. It is suggested that the gap has more fundamental origins in the cognitive and value mismatch between researchers and practitioners. To narrow the gap both cultures need to use a common framework (map and language) that is located at a level of analysis between their typical modes and makes explicit provision for the consideration of values. The decision analytic framework fulfills these requirements and it is therefore argued that all reports of research should include a decision analytic representations of the findings.

Keywords:
Attitude of Health Personnel Clinical Medicine* Clinical Trials as Topic Decision Support Techniques* Diffusion of Innovation* Humans Information Services* Physicians/psychology Practice Guidelines as Topic* Research*