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Managing the evidence flood.

Paul Glasziou1

  • 1Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, England, UK. paul.glasziou@dphpc.ox.ac.uk

The Surgical Clinics of North America
|January 31, 2006
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Healthcare knowledge transfer is a significant challenge, evidenced by variations in surgical practices globally. Addressing the growing information gap requires better organization and utilization of medical research to improve patient care.

Area of Science:

  • Medical practice variations
  • Knowledge transfer in healthcare

Background:

  • Significant variations in surgical practices exist across different regions and countries.
  • These practice variations are not unique to surgery, appearing across all medical specialties and primary care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the critical issue of knowledge transfer in surgery and its impact on practice.
  • To emphasize the growing information problem in medicine and the need for better research utilization.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing literature on variations in surgical practice.
  • Identification of the challenges in transferring medical knowledge effectively.

Main Results:

  • Surgical practice variability is a clear indicator of a broader knowledge transfer problem in medicine.

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  • A substantial and increasing information gap exists between medical knowledge and its application.

    • Conclusions:

    • Recognizing the information problem is the first step toward improving knowledge transfer.
    • Focused research and practice efforts are essential for organizing, filtering, and applying existing medical research to bridge the know-do gap.