Electronic communities of practice: Guidelines from a project

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-143

  Ho, Kendall ^a   Jarvis Selinger, Sandra ^a   Norman, Cameron D ^b   Li, Linda C ^a   Olatunbosun, Tunde ^a   Cressman, Céline ^c   Nguyen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic detailing; Communities of practice; Continuing professional development; E learning; Electronic; Interprofessional; Technology enabled

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77954492462     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20071     Document Type: Article

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