How does an "opinion leader" influence my practice?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-434

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Sherbino, Jonathan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Medical education; Opinion leader

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EXPERT; OPINION LEADER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC FIGURE; REVIEW; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL;

EID: 79952197623     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012586     Document Type: Review

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