From the perspective of your practice change interest (clinical outcomes, safety and quality, leadership or health policy) consider the specific ways of knowing as they have played into your awareness of the need for practice change?
Further, consider how intuitive/personal or 'unknowing' knowing dimensions of practice integrate with broader social, cultural and theoretical dimension to create meaning and inform ideas for practice change.
Give two specific examples from your practice. For example, let's say that your practice change interest is in the way treatment decisions are made in end-of-life care for elderly patients. Which 'Ways of Knowing' have played primarily into your observations and insights about this problem?
Examples of integration with broader social and cultural dimensions in this scenario of treatment decisions in end-of-life care: how does your intuitive/personal knowing integrate with what patients and families say about their experiences? What do you know about the cost of care, access to care or quality of care relative to the issue?
