Hamed-Basir Ghafouri
1, Shahzad Saravani
2,3,4, Farhad Shokraneh
51 Emergency Department, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Medical Education Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Medical Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Abstract
Circulatory system disease raise third highest disability-adjusted life years among Iranians and ischemic cardiac diseases are main causes for such burden. Despite available evidences on risk factors of the disease, no effective intervention was implemented to control and prevent the disease. This paper non-systematically reviews available literature on the problem, solutions, and barriers of implementation of knowledge translation in Iran. It seems that there are ignored factors such as cultural and motivational issues in knowledge translation interventions but there are hopes for implementation of started projects and preparation of students as next generation of knowledge transferors.