Disseminating educational innovations in health care practice: Training versus social networks

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1509-1517

  Jippes, Erik ^a   Achterkamp, Marjolein C ^b   Brand, Paul L P ^a,c   Kiewiet, Derk Jan ^d   Pols, Jan ^a   van Engelen, Jo M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Princess Amalia Children's Clinic   (Netherlands)

^d Loyalis Business Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Diffusion; Dissemination; Innovation; Medical education; Physicians; Social networks; Strong ties; The Netherlands; Training; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; INNOVATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEACHER TRAINING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77951653023     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.035     Document Type: Article

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