Rural India struggles to adopt proven osteoarthritis treatments despite education efforts

A new study reveals significant barriers preventing doctors in rural central India from implementing evidence-based osteoarthritis care, even after receiving training. The findings highlight a critical gap between medical knowledge and real-world practice in emerging healthcare systems—a challenge that extends far beyond orthopedics and signals broader implementation problems for health systems serving underserved populations.

Originaltitel: Challenges of transforming evidence-based management of osteoarthritis into clinical practice in rural central Western India. Perceptions of an educational program