Table 1 Problems with providing evidence-based care, and potential solutions (motivators for becoming involved in the network)
Problems with providing evidence-based care | Solutions that could be enabled by the network (motivators) |
|---|---|
Research is not relevant • Research that asks the wrong questions • Research that doesn’t capture “real-world” complexity | Improve research relevance • Asking clinically relevant questions • Making treatments included in research more implementable in the “real world” |
Disconnected systems • Research practice divide • Limited interprofessional communication • Funders are not connected to clinicians | Enabling connection and collaboration • Connect clinicians with researchers, other professionals, funders and other stakeholders • Collaborate with each other rather than compete |
Care variability • Physiotherapists all do things differently • There is no system to keep clinicians accountable to a particular standard of care | Improving accountability • Creating a culture of excellence • Establishing a system of accountability |
It is hard to market evidence-based care • It is hard to promote the difference between evidence-based and non-evidence-based care | Promoting evidence-based care • A practice-based research network is a marker of quality for physiotherapists, which can be promoted |
Making local impact • Improving the care for local patients • Promoting their regional healthcare community |