Translating evidence into practice via social media: A mixed-methods study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Maloney, Stephen ^a   Tunnecliff, Jacqueline ^a   Morgan, Prue ^a   Gaida, Jamie E ^b   Clearihan, Lyn ^a   Sadasivan, Sivalal ^c   Davies, David ^d   Ganesh, Shankar ^e   Mohanty, Patitapaban ^e   Weiner, John ^a   Reynolds, John ^a   Ilic, Dragan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research   (India)

Author keywords

E learning; Evidence based practice; Medical informatics; Social media

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946716826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4763     Document Type: Article

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