Translating evidence to practice in the health professions: A randomized trial of Twitter vs Facebook

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 403-408

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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

Author keywords

Communication; Computer assisted instruction; Education; Evidence based practice; Professional; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OPEN STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; TENDINITIS; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 85016334323     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocw085     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Glasziou P, Haynes B. The paths from research to improved health outcomes. Evid Based Nurs 2005;8(2):36-38.
2. Scott A, Docking S, Vicenzino B, et al. Sports and exercise-related tendinopathies: a review of selected topical issues by participants of the second International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium (ISTS) Vancouver 2012 Br J Sports Med 2013;47(9):536-544.
3. Thomas A, Menon A, Boruff J, et al. Applications of social constructivist learning theories in knowledge translation for healthcare professionals: a scoping review. Implement Sci 2014;9:54.
4. Tunnecliff J, Ilic D, Morgan P, et al. The acceptability among health researchers and clinicians of social media to translate research evidence to clinical practice: mixed-methods survey and interview study. J Med Internet Res 2015;17(5):e119.
5. Cheston CC, Flickinger TE, Chisolm MS. Social media use in medical education: a systematic review. Acad Med 2013;88(6):893-901.
6. Cartledge P, Miller M, Phillips B. The use of social-networking sites in medical education. Med Teach 2013;35(10):847-857.
7. Raupach T, Muenscher C, Anders S, et al. Web-based collaborative training of clincial reasoning: a randomized trail. Med Teach 2009;31:431-437.
8. Carvas M, Imamura M, Hsing W, et al. An innovative method of global clinical reserach training using collaborative learning with Web 2.0 tools. Med Teach 2010;32(3):270.
9. Junco R, Heiberger G, Loken E. The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades. J Comput Assisted Learn 2011;27:119-132.
10. Maloney S, Tunnecliff J, Clearihan L, et al. Translating evidence to practice via social media: a mixed methods study. J Med Internet Res 2015;17(10):e242.
11. McGowan BS, WaskoM, Vartabedian BS, et al. Understanding the factors that influence the adoption and meaningful use of social media. J Med Internet Res 2012;14:117.
12. Moorhead SA, Hazlett DE, Harrison L, et al. A new dimension of health care: systematic review of the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication. J Med Internet Res 2013;15(4):e85.
13. Statistica. Facebook: Monthly Active Users [Webpage] 2015. http://www. statista.com/statistics/264810/number-of-monthly-active-facebookusers-worldwide/. Accessed December 16, 2015.
14. Twitter. Company About [Webpage] 2015. https://about.twitter.com/com pany. Accessed December 16, 2015.
15. Australian Health Practioner Registration Agency [Webpage] 2014. https://http://www.ahpra.gov.au/. Accessed December 2, 2014.
16. Monash University. CETSM@CETSM Twitter [Webpage] 2014. https://twitter. com/cetsm. Accessed January 16, 2015.
17. Monash University. Clinical Excellence Through Social Media Facebook [Webpage] 2014. https://www.facebook.com/Clinical-Excel lence-Through-Social-Media-328092517357004/. Accessed September 16, 2014.
18. Hutchinson L. Evaluating and researching the effectiveness of educational interventions. BMJ 1999;318(7193):1267-1269.
19. Wang AT, Sandhu NP, Wittich CM, et al. Using social media to improve continuing medical education: a survey of course participants. Mayo Clinic Proc 2012;87(12):1162-1170.
20. VSN International. GenStat Reference Manual (Release 17), Part 2 Directives Hemel Hempstead, UK: VSN International; 2014.
21. Lumley T, Diehr P, Emerson S, et al. The importance of the normality assumption in large public health data sets. Annu Rev Public Health 2002;23:151-169.
22. Beaudoin MF. Learning or Lurking? Tracking the 'Invisible' Online Student. Internet Higher Educ 2002;5(2):147-155.
23. Moulding N, Silagy CA, Weller DP. A framework for effective management of change in clinical practice: dissemination and implementation of clinical practice guidelines. Qual Health Care 1999;8(3):177-183.
24. Karel K, Kirschnerb PA, Jochemsb W. Identifying the pitfalls for social interaction in computer-supported collaborative learning environments: a review of the research. Comput Human Behav 2003;19:335-353.
25. Dumville JC, Torgerson DJ, Hewitt CE. Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials. BMJ 2006;332(7547):969-971.
26. Nistor N, Neubauer K. From participation to dropout: quantitative participation patterns in online university courses. Comput Educ 2010;55(2):663-672.
27. Hoy, M., MOOCs 101: an introduction to massive open online courses. Med Ref Serv Quart 2014;33(1):85-91.