Social media and internet driven study recruitment: Evaluating a new model for promoting collaborator engagement and participation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Khatri, Chetan ^a   Chapman, Stephen J ^b   Glasbey, James ^c   Kelly, Michael ^d   Nepogodiev, Dmitri ^e   Bhangu, Aneel ^f   Fitzgerald, J Edward ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Norwich Academic Foundation Programme   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLABORATOR ENGAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERNET TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; KLOUT SCORE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTRATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STUDENT AUDIT AND RESEARCH IN SURGERY COLLABORATIVE MODEL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84925264703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118899     Document Type: Article

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