Stage 4: Dissemination Strategies

Participants of the end-user needs assessment identified several dissemination strategies and tools which, in their view, would enhance understanding, acceptance and recurring application of the Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations in day-to-day practice.

Of these strategies, CCS is currently developing a pocket card for quick reference, an online practice audit, a slide kit and a series of four regional, highly interactive workshops scheduled for 2006.

In addition, CCS is collaborating with a number of other professional societies for publication of the Heart Failure Consensus Conference Recommendations in four professional journals in March 2006 including: Canadian Family Physician (College of Family Physicians of Canada), Canadian Nurse (Canadian Nurses Association), Geriatrics Today (Canadian Geriatrics Association) and the Canadian Pharmacists Journal (Canadian Pharmacists Association).

Functional specifications for these dissemination strategies are found here.