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Table 1 Inclusion criteria

From: A protocol for a systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions

Study design

Research studies including experimental, quasi-experimental, and nonexperimental designs (e.g., case study)

Participants

Occupational therapists, physical therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, speech-language pathologists

Interventions

Interventions/strategies with a primary purpose of translating research (or enhancing research uptake) into clinical practice; examples of potential interventions include reminders, use of multidisciplinary teams, educational programs, researcher-clinician interventions

Outcomes

Empirically assessed change (by way of quantitative or qualitative data) at the professional (e.g., change in clinical practice intervention), patient (e.g., improved response to the clinical practice intervention), or economic (e.g., change in staff-patient ratio) level