The Quebec rural emergency department project: a cross-sectional study of a potential two-pronged strategy in the knowledge transfer process.

Journal: PloS one
Published Date: Apr 7, 2015

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Health services research generates useful knowledge. Promotion of implementation of this knowledge in medical practice is essential. Prior to initiation of a major study on rural emergency departments (EDs), we deployed two knowledge transfer strategies designed to generate interest and engagement from potential knowledge users. The objective of this paper was to review: 1) a combined project launch and media press release strategy, and 2) a pre-study survey designed to survey potential knowledge users' opinions on the proposed study variables.

Authors

  • Mélodie-Anne Drouin
    Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval; Québec, QC, Canada; Research Chair in Emergency Medicine Laval University-CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Hospital; Lévis City, QC, Canada.
  • Richard Fleet
    Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval; Québec, QC, Canada; Research Chair in Emergency Medicine Laval University-CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Hospital; Lévis City, QC, Canada.
  • Julien Poitras
    Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval; Québec, QC, Canada.
  • Patrick Archambault
    Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval; Québec, QC, Canada; Research Chair in Emergency Medicine Laval University-CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Hospital; Lévis City, QC, Canada.
  • Jean-Marc Chauny
    Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université de Montréal; Department of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, QC, Canada.
  • Jean-Frédéric Lévesque
    Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity of the University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Mathieu Ouimet
    Département de science politique, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
  • Gilles Dupuis
    Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
  • Alain Tanguay
    Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval; Québec, QC, Canada.
  • Geneviève Simard-Racine
    Departement of Emergency Medicine, CSSS de La Matapédia, Québec, QC, Canada.
  • Josée Gauthier
    Direction de l'analyse et de l'évaluation des systèmes de soins et services, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada.
  • Fatoumata Korika Tounkara
    Research Chair in Emergency Medicine Laval University-CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Hospital; Lévis City, QC, Canada.
  • Marie-Hélène Gilbert
    Research Chair in Emergency Medicine Laval University-CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Hospital; Lévis City, QC, Canada.
  • France Légaré
    Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Knowledge Transfer and Health Technology Assessment of the CHUQ Research Centre (CRCHUQ), Unité de Recherche Évaluative, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.

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