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Connecting what we do with what we know: building a community of research and practice
Author(s) -
Cheek Julianne,
Corlis Megan,
Radoslovich Helen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of older people nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.707
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1748-3743
pISSN - 1748-3735
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00181.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , practice research , community of practice , community practice , sociology , engineering ethics , knowledge translation , public relations , knowledge management , nursing , medicine , pedagogy , political science , computer science , engineering , social science , philosophy , humanities , pharmacy
How to think about, develop, maintain and optimize connections between research and practice remains a vexed and contested area in the increasingly complex multidisciplinary and inter‐professional practice that constitutes contemporary healthcare and service delivery. A body of literature challenging linear and passive notions of research uptake has emerged which views research uptake as a dynamic, contextualized and active process. This paper explores the development of a successful and exciting community of research and practice involving a university and an aged care organization in Australia. The community of research and practice is premised on dynamic, contextual and active interaction between research and practice; where the categories of research and practice are not mutually exclusive or static; and where community is more than just a structure to facilitate collaborative research projects. It is proposed that the idea of a community of research and practice is a useful one in terms of seeking to better understand and provide strategies for knowledge translation between researchers and practitioners and those who are both.