How knowledge is constructed and exchanged in virtual communities of physicians: Qualitative study of mindlines online

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Wieringa, Sietse ^a,b   Engebretsen, Eivind ^b   Heggen, Kristin ^b   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Evidence based practice; Guidelines as topic; Knowledge management; Translational medical research

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 85042069633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8325     Document Type: Article

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