BMJ 2007;334:129-132 (20 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.39038.593380.AE
Analysis
The in-between world of knowledge brokering
Jonathan Lomas, chief executive officer
1 Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
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| "The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to realize a fact, it takes on color. It is all the difference of hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done."
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee, 1889
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The ultimate aim of people engaged in health research is to get the health service's workforce, its employers, and its suppliers to have knowledge of facts (as represented by research results) and to use these facts in their practices, policies, and products. How well organised is research to achieve this aim? And how receptive and oriented are health services to this aim? The answers seem to be "not well organised" and "not very receptive." The interpersonal connections needed to bridge this know-do gap are not yet in place.1 An emerging role therefore exists for knowledge brokers, supported by knowledge brokering resources and agencies, to . . . [Full text of this article]

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