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WhatisKT wiki: a case study of a platform for knowledge translation terms and definitions - descriptive analysisKathleen Ann McKibbon
Health Information Research Unit, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, CRL Building, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
Implement Sci 8:13. 2013..abstract:..- Core competencies in the science and practice of knowledge translation: description of a Canadian strategic training initiativeSharon E Straus
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
Implement Sci 6:127. 2011..This challenge has resulted in the development of implementation science or knowledge translation (KT) and the resulting need to build capacity in both the science and practice of KT... 
Search filters can find some but not all knowledge translation articles in MEDLINE: an analytic surveyK Ann McKibbon
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 137 CRL Building, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1
J Clin Epidemiol 65:651-9. 2012..The KT literature is difficult to find because of nonstandardized terminology, rapid evolution of the field, and it is spread across several domains. We created multiple search filters to retrieve KT articles from MEDLINE...- Evaluating the impact of MEDLINE filters on evidence retrieval: study protocolSalimah Z Shariff
Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Implement Sci 5:58. 2010..The 'content' filters help identify articles in the discipline of renal medicine. We will now test the utility of these filters for physician MEDLINE searching... - The effectiveness of integrated health information technologies across the phases of medication management: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsK Ann McKibbon
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Am Med Inform Assoc 19:22-30. 2012.... - Effectiveness of clinician-selected electronic information resources for answering primary care physicians' information needsK Ann McKibbon
Health Information Research Unit, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:653-9. 2006..To determine if clinician-selected electronic information resources improve primary care physicians' abilities to answer simulated clinical questions... - How primary care physicians' attitudes toward risk and uncertainty affect their use of electronic information resourcesK Ann McKibbon
Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, VALE M 183, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
J Med Libr Assoc 95:138-46, e49-50. 2007..The research sought to determine if primary care physicians' attitudes toward risk taking or uncertainty affected how they sought information and used electronic information resources when answering simulated clinical questions... - Which journals do primary care physicians and specialists access from an online service?K Ann McKibbon
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
J Med Libr Assoc 95:246-54. 2007..The study sought to determine which online journals primary care physicians and specialists not affiliated with an academic medical center access and how the accesses correlate with measures of journal quality and importance... - Retrieving randomized controlled trials from medline: a comparison of 38 published search filtersKathleen Ann McKibbon
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Health Info Libr J 26:187-202. 2009..Finding all relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with little extraneous material is challenging... 
What do evidence-based secondary journals tell us about the publication of clinically important articles in primary healthcare journals?Kathleen Ann McKibbon
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Room 3H6 Health Sciences Center, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5
BMC Med 2:33. 2004....- A quantitative analysis of qualitative studies in clinical journals for the 2000 publishing yearKathleen Ann McKibbon
Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, PA USA 15213 2582
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 4:11. 2004..The purpose of this descriptive survey was to provide a quantitative evaluation of the qualitative studies published in 170 core clinical journals for 2000... 
Posing clinical questions: framing the question for scientific inquiryK A McKibbon
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Information Research Unit, Room 3H7C, Health Science Centre, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
AACN Clin Issues 12:477-81. 2001..The information in this article will assist nurses to develop the skill of framing clinical questions efficiently and effectively...- A cross-sectional study of the number and frequency of terms used to refer to knowledge translation in a body of health literature in 2006: a Tower of Babel?K Ann McKibbon
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Implement Sci 5:16. 2010.... - Online access to MEDLINE in clinical settings. A study of use and usefulnessR B Haynes
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Ann Intern Med 112:78-84. 1990..We introduced self-service access to the medical literature database, MEDLINE, into clinical settings to assess the frequency, patterns, purposes, and success of use... - How good are clinical MEDLINE searches? A comparative study of clinical end-user and librarian searchesK A McKibbon
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Comput Biomed Res 23:583-93. 1990..Further research is needed to determine the "learning curve," evaluate training interventions, and explore the non-overlapping retrieval of relevant citations by different searchers... - Searching MEDLINE for randomized clinical trials involving care of the newbornH Kirpalani
Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pediatrics 83:543-6. 1989..Consequently, sensitivities were higher, 77% and 68% respectively, when no methodologic terms were used during repeat searches. However, positive predictive values decreased concomitantly to 20% or less.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).. - Enhancing retrieval of best evidence for health care from bibliographic databases: calibration of the hand search of the literatureN L Wilczynski
Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada
Stud Health Technol Inform 84:390-3. 2001..To develop and test such filters a hand search of the literature was required to determine directly which articles should be retrieved, and which not retrieved... - Performances of 27 MEDLINE systems tested by searches with clinical questionsR B Haynes
McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Am Med Inform Assoc 1:285-95. 1994..To compare the performances of online and compact-disc (CD-ROM) versions of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) MEDLINE database... - Personal health records: a scoping reviewN Archer
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:515-22. 2011..Finally, trials of PHR effectiveness and sustainability for patient self-management are needed... - A quantitative analysis of research publications in physical therapy journalsPatricia A Miller
Phys Ther 83:123-31. 2003..Many physical therapists depend on their professional journals for high-quality evidence. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rigor of research and review articles in 4 national physical therapy journals... - Finding knowledge translation articles in CINAHLCynthia Lokker
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Stud Health Technol Inform 160:1179-83. 2010..Researchers and decision makers need to be able to readily access the literature on KT for the field to grow and to evaluate the existing evidence... - Health information technology to facilitate communication involving health care providers, caregivers, and pediatric patients: a scoping reviewStephen James Gentles
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
J Med Internet Res 12:e22. 2010..Awareness of the extent and nature of published research involving HIT interventions used in this way is currently lacking... - Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from Medline: analytical surveyR Brian Haynes
Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
BMJ 330:1179. 2005..To develop and test optimal Medline search strategies for retrieving sound clinical studies on prevention or treatment of health disorders... - Prediction of citation counts for clinical articles at two years using data available within three weeks of publication: retrospective cohort studyCynthia Lokker
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
BMJ 336:655-7. 2008..To determine if citation counts at two years could be predicted for clinical articles that pass basic criteria for critical appraisal using data within three weeks of publication from external sources and an online article rating service... - Second-order peer review of the medical literature for clinical practitionersR Brian Haynes
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 295:1801-8. 2006..Most articles in clinical journals are not appropriate for direct application by individual clinicians... - McMaster PLUS: a cluster randomized clinical trial of an intervention to accelerate clinical use of evidence-based information from digital librariesR Brian Haynes
McMaster University, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster Health Sciences Centre, 1200 Main St West, Rm 2C10b, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:593-600. 2006..Physicians have difficulty keeping up with new evidence from medical research... - Canadian physicians' attitudes about and preferences regarding clinical practice guidelinesR S Hayward
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
CMAJ 156:1715-23. 1997..To assess Canadian physicians' confidence in, attitudes about and preferences regarding clinical practice guidelines... - Lost in publication: Half of all renal practice evidence is published in non-renal journalsA X Garg
Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Kidney Int 70:1995-2005. 2006..However, relevant studies are also scattered across a large range of journals that may not be routinely scanned by busy physicians, and keeping up with this literature requires other continuing education strategies... - Developing optimal search strategies for retrieving qualitative studies in PsycINFOK Ann McKibbon
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Eval Health Prof 29:440-54. 2006..Formal indexing terms performed poorly. Empirically derived search strategies combining textwords can effectively, but not perfectly, retrieve qualitative studies from PsycINFO... - Age-specific search strategies for MedlineMonika Kastner
Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Med Internet Res 8:e25. 2006..5% and 92.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Selected single terms and combinations of MeSH terms and textwords can reliably retrieve age-specific studies cited in Medline...