After the crash: Research-based theater for knowledge transfer
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health ProfessionsPublished 1 January 2008
Angela Colantonio, Pia Kontos, Julie Gilbert, Kate Rossiter, Julia Gray, Michelle Keightley
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Consistently high mean scores from the questionnaires indicate that theater is a highly efficacious and engaging method of knowledge transfer, particularly for complex material that deals with human emotion and interpersonal relationships.
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Responses supported the effectiveness of drama as a knowledge translation strategy and identified its potential to impact practice positively.
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