Evaluation of an online discussion forum for emergency practitioners

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-266

  Curran, Janet A ^a   Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza ^b  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Evaluation; Nova Scotia; Online discussion forums; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNET; NOVA SCOTIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 36148933028     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458207079834     Document Type: Article

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