dc.contributor.author | Kendall, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ikioda, Faith | |
dc.contributor.author | Brooks, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Liddo, Anna | |
dc.contributor.author | Buckingham Shum, Simon | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-05T10:30:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-05T10:30:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kendall , S , Ikioda , F , Brooks , F , de Liddo , A & Buckingham Shum , S 2013 , ' Factors That Influence Healthcare Professionals’ Online Interaction in a Virtual Community of Practice ' , Social Networking , vol. 2 , no. 4 , pp. 174-184 . https://doi.org/10.4236/sn.2013.24017 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2169-3323 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/14241 | |
dc.description | Copyright © 2013 Faith Ikioda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited | |
dc.description.abstract | Online technologies have facilitated the development of Virtual Communities of Practice (virtual CoPs) to support health professionals collaborate online to share knowledge, improve performance and support the spread of innovation and best practices. Research, however, shows that many virtual CoPs do not achieve their expected potential because online interaction among healthcare professionals is generally low. Focusing on health visitors, who are UK qualified midwives or nurses who have undertaken additional qualifications as specialist public health workers in the community, the paper examines the factors that influence online interaction among health visitors collaborating to share knowledge and experience in a virtual CoP. The paper makes suggestions for how to improve online interaction among health professionals in virtual CoPs by increasing the size of membership in order to take advantage of both posting and viewing contributions, facilitating moderation to improve networking among geographically dispersed members groups and improving the topic relevance in order to stimulate contributions. | en |
dc.format.extent | 11 | |
dc.format.extent | 965750 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Social Networking | |
dc.subject | Virtual Community of Practice; Health Visitors; Online Interaction; Collaboration | |
dc.title | Factors That Influence Healthcare Professionals’ Online Interaction in a Virtual Community of Practice | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Health & Human Sciences Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Health and Social Work | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Adult Nursing and Primary Care | |
dc.contributor.institution | Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care | |
dc.contributor.institution | Communities, Young People and Family Lives | |
dc.contributor.institution | Weight and Obesity Research Group | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.4236/sn.2013.24017 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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