School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 75 East St, Lidcombe, Australia.
University College Cork, UG12 Aras Watson, Brookfield Health Sciences, Ireland.
Radiography (Lond). 2020 Oct;26 Suppl 2:S27-S32. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2020.06.007. Epub 2020 Jul 14.
This narrative review examines the current status of evidence-based practice and knowledge translation in diagnostic radiography. It explores knowledge translation efforts in the allied health professions aimed at systematically implementing evidence-based practice and suggests ways that these may be applied within diagnostic radiography.
Knowledge translation in diagnostic radiography is in its infancy with numerous examples of key findings of rigorous studies not implemented in practice. Utilising frameworks, models and theories to systematically translate knowledge into evidence-based practice has been shown to be effective in other allied health professions. Whilst few studies in diagnostic radiography report utilising these systematic approaches to implementing evidence-based practice, those that do, show promising results. Attitudes towards evidence-based practice within diagnostic radiography are becoming more positive and it is important to use this positive shift in attitudes to create real evidence-based change in the profession.
The potential benefits of systematically translating knowledge into evidence-based practice in diagnostic radiography are wide reaching with positive implications for our patients, the profession and wider community. Leaders at all levels of radiography must work towards implementing evidence-based practice in their daily work.
Systematic approaches to knowledge translation should be adopted and reported in diagnostic radiography in order to more effectively translate knowledge into evidence-based practice.
本叙述性综述审视了当前循证实践和知识转化在放射诊断学中的现状。它探讨了旨在系统实施循证实践的联合健康专业领域的知识转化工作，并提出了这些工作在放射诊断学中可能的应用方法。
放射诊断学中的知识转化还处于起步阶段，大量严格研究的关键发现并未在实践中得到实施。在其他联合健康专业领域，利用框架、模型和理论将知识系统地转化为循证实践已被证明是有效的。虽然放射诊断学中很少有研究报告利用这些系统方法来实施循证实践，但那些这样做的研究显示出了有希望的结果。放射诊断学领域对循证实践的态度变得更加积极，利用这种积极的态度来推动该专业真正的循证变革非常重要。
将知识系统地转化为放射诊断学中的循证实践具有广泛的潜在益处，对我们的患者、专业人员和更广泛的社区都有积极的影响。放射学各个层面的领导者都必须努力在日常工作中实施循证实践。
为了更有效地将知识转化为循证实践，放射诊断学中应采用并报告系统的知识转化方法。
