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Trial reportBMC health services research2006

A blended knowledge translation initiative to improve colorectal cancer staging [ISRCTN56824239].

Frances C Wright, Calvin H L Law, Linda D Last, Neil Klar, David P Ryan, Andrew J Smith

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC health services research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Scoping review of toolkits as a knowledge translation strategy in health.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2014
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Opinion leaders and changes over time: a survey.Implementation science : IS · 2011
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation.Lancet (London, England) · 2009
    Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Frances C WrightSunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. frances.wright@sw.ca
Calvin H L Law
Linda D Last
Neil Klar
David P Ryan
Andrew J Smith
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA significant gap has been documented between best practice and the actual practice of surgery. Our group identified that colorectal cancer staging in Ontario was suboptimal and subsequently developed a knowledge translation strategy using the principles of social marketing and the influence of expert and local opinion leaders for colorectal cancer. METHODS/

designOpinion leaders were identified using the Hiss methodology. Hospitals in Ontario were cluster-randomized to one of two intervention arms. Both groups were exposed to a formal continuing medical education session given by the expert opinion leader for colorectal cancer. In the treatment group the local Opinion Leader for colorectal cancer was detailed by the expert opinion leader for colorectal cancer and received a toolkit. Forty-two centres agreed to have the expert opinion leader for colorectal cancer come and give a formal continuing medical education session that lasted between 50 minutes and 4 hours. No centres refused the intervention. These sessions were generally well attended by most surgeons, pathologists and other health care professionals at each centre. In addition all but one of the local opinion leaders for colorectal cancer met with the expert opinion leader for colorectal cancer for the academic detailing session that lasted between 15 and 30 minutes. DISCUSSION: We have enacted a unique study that has attempted to induce practice change among surgeons and pathologists using an adapted social marketing model that utilized the influence of both expert and local opinion leaders for colorectal cancer in a large geographic area with diverse practice settings.

Indexed as

Practice Patterns, Physicians'Social MarketingAttitude of Health PersonnelBenchmarkingClinical CompetenceColorectal NeoplasmsEducation, Medical, ContinuingGeneral SurgeryHumansLeadershipNeoplasm StagingOncology Service, HospitalOntarioPathology, ClinicalProgram EvaluationQuality Assurance, Health Care

Identifiers

PMID16412251
PMCPMC1395360
OpenAlexW1728861417

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