There is currently no strong evidence regarding the most effective training approach for allied health professionals that will support them to consistently apply the best research evidence in daily practice. Current evidence-based practice training tends to be 'one size fits all', and is unlikely to be appropriate for all allied health disciplines because of the variability in their tasks and s...

school children. Some practical ways of meeting these objectives are offered. The question of "who should do genetic counseling" is answered with an argument for cooperation among geneticists, physician specialists, allied health personnel, and non-M.D. geneticists. This book will be useful to genetic counselors and teachers of medical genetics in medical schools and allied health programs. It ...

Graduate Program in Clinical Hematology Sciences, Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Molecular Hematology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Supported, in part, by the 90 anniversary of Chulalongkorn University F...

BACKGROUND Knowledge translation (KT) aims to close the gap between knowledge and practice in order to realize the benefits of research through (a) improved health outcomes, (b) more effective health services and products, and (c) strengthened healthcare systems. While there is some understanding of strategies to put research findings into practice within nursing and medicine, we have limited k...

Background: Emergency nurses are exposed to traumatized patients as part of their job. Secondary exposure to trauma may lead to traumatic stress similar to those experienced by the primary victim. Emergency nurses develop secondary traumatic stress symptoms more than other nurses due to nature of emergency departments. The consequences of secondary traumatic stress can be noticed at personal, i...

BACKGROUND There is strong public support for acute hospital services to move to genuine 7-day models, including access to multidisciplinary team assessment. This study aimed to identify factors that might enable an effective and cost-effective weekend allied health services on acute hospital wards. METHODS This qualitative study included 22 focus groups within acute wards with a weekend alli...

possibly all three. IFIs focus on a client’s needs and difficulties, rather than an esoteric disease process. Although the Allied Health Minimum data set adequately describes the characteristics of the client and of the care provider, it does not provide information on why the allied health professional is intervening. Collecting this data will help in understanding the demand for the service a...

BACKGROUND In many countries, the referral-consultation process faces a number of challenges from inefficiencies and rising demand, resulting in excessive wait times for many specialties. We collected referral data from a sample of family doctors across the province of Ontario, Canada as part of a larger program of research. The purpose of this study is to describe referral patterns from primar...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness and implementation of advanced allied health assistant roles. METHODS A systematic search of seven databases and Google Scholar was conducted to identify studies published in English peer-reviewed journals from 2003 to 2013 and reporting on the effectiveness and implementation of advanced allied health assista...