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Collaborative partnerships between school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and researchers has recently emerged presenting an opportunity for practice-based research (PBR) in speech-language pathology. Research-clinician collaborations result in the creation of knowledge ready for direct implementation. A scoping review was completed to review the literature to determine if practice-based clinical-research partnerships exist as a method to eliminate the need for knowledge translation between SLPs and researchers. It was hypothesized that these partnerships mobilize knowledge in three ways: i. Changing Practice (implementing evidence-based approaches), ii. Creating Practice (co-creating practice), and iii. Capturing Current Practice (evaluating on-going practice). A literature database search identified 658 articles meeting criteria for review. Two independent readers reviewed abstracts and titles to determine which articles would be fully reviewed. Twenty-five articles were reviewed in-full and level of partnership was coded (changing, creating, or capturing current practice). Results revealed that in 53% of 25 articles, partnerships were created to capture current practice. The formation of these partnerships is an active approach to translate research into practice and allows researchers to better understand the needs of clinicians. |
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