'Uncrunching' time: Medical schools' use of social media for faculty development

Medical Education Online

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cahn, Peter S ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^b,c   Shanahan, Christopher W ^b  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Faculty development; Social networking; Time demands; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COLLABORATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TIME DEMANDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEB 2.0; UTILIZATION;

COLLABORATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TIME DEMANDS; WEB 2.0;

CANADA; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888783267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v18i0.20995     Document Type: Article

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