Kendall, S., Ikioda, F., Brooks, F., de Liddo, A., Buckingham Shum, S. (2013) Factors That Influence Healthcare Professionals’ Online Interaction in a Virtual Community of Practice. Social Networking, 2 (4). pp. 174-184. ISSN 2169-3285. E-ISSN 2169-3323. (doi:10.4236/sn.2013.24017) (KAR id:55267)
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Abstract
Online technologies have facilitated the development of Virtual Communities of Practice (virtual CoPs) to support
health professionals collaborate online to share knowledge, improve performance and support the spread of innovation
and best practices. Research, however, shows that many virtual CoPs do not achieve their expected potential because
online interaction among healthcare professionals is generally low. Focusing on health visitors, who are UK qualified
midwives or nurses who have undertaken additional qualifications as specialist public health workers in the community,
the paper examines the factors that influence online interaction among health visitors collaborating to share knowledge
and experience in a virtual CoP. The paper makes suggestions for how to improve online interaction among health professionals
in virtual CoPs by increasing the size of membership in order to take advantage of both posting and viewing
contributions, facilitating moderation to improve networking among geographically dispersed members groups and improving
the topic relevance in order to stimulate contributions.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.4236/sn.2013.24017 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Virtual Community of Practice; Health Visitors; Online Interaction; Collaboration |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R858 Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics. Medical information technology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
Depositing User: | Sally Kendall |
Date Deposited: | 05 May 2016 09:25 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:22 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/55267 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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