Abstract
Cochrane Rehabilitation is aimed to ensure that all rehabilitation professionals can
apply Evidence Based Clinical Practice and take decisions according to the best and
most appropriate evidence in this specific field, combining the best available evidence
as gathered by high-quality Cochrane systematic reviews, with their own clinical expertise
and the values of patients. This mission can be pursued through knowledge translation.
The aim of this article is to shortly present what knowledge translation is, how and
why Cochrane (previously known as Cochrane Collaboration) is trying to reorganize
itself in light of knowledge translation, and the relevance that this process has
for Cochrane Rehabilitation and in the end for the whole world of rehabilitation.
It is well known how it is difficult to effectively apply in everyday life what we
would like to do and to apply the scientific knowledge in the clinical field: this
is called the know-do gap. In the field of evidence-based medicine, where Cochrane belongs, it has been proven
that high-quality evidence is not consistently applied in practice. A solution to
these problems is the so-called knowledge translation. In this context, Cochrane Rehabilitation
is organized to provide the best possible knowledge translation in both directions
(bridging function), obviously toward the world of rehabilitation (spreading reviews),
but also to the Cochrane community (production of reviews significant for rehabilitation).
Cochrane is now strongly pushing to improve its knowledge translation activities,
and this creates a strong base for Cochrane Rehabilitation work, focused not only
on spreading the evidence but also on improving its production to make it more meaningful
for the world of rehabilitation.
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Publication history
Published online: December 11, 2017
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