The authors found research from the field of psychology that conceptualises the types of knowledge or memory needed:
- declarative knowledge, ie explicit knowledge, knowledge you can state
- procedural knowledge, ie tacit knowledge you know how to do something but cannot readily articulate this knowledge
Another classification identified by the authors is organisational knowledge:
- formal codified knowledge, such as data and written procedures
- informal knowledge, such as that embedded in systems and procedures
- tacit knowledge arising from the capabilities of people
- cultural knowledge relating to customs, values and relationships
From Knowing to Doing: A framework for understanding the evidence into practice agenda
by Sandra Nutley, Isobel Walter and Huw Davies
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.490.3152&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Discussion paper 1, Research Unit for Research Utilisation, University of St Andrews, 2002
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~cppm/home.htm
Types of knowledge
The authors argue that the implementation of evidence-based practice requires a broad knowledge base. They draw on the work of Eckblom (2001) to identify the following kinds of knowledge that are required:
• know-about problems
• know-what works
• know-how to put it into practice
• know-who to involve
• know-why