Perceptions of family physician trainees and trainers regarding the usefulness of a virtual community of practice

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Barnett, Stephen ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a   Bennett, Sue ^a   Iverson, Don ^a   Bonney, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Education; Family physician; General practice; Medical graduate; Social media; Training; Virtual community of practice

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRAINING; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

MEDICAL GRADUATE;

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FAMILY PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL GRADUATE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRAINING; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE;

EID: 84878708791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2555     Document Type: Article

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