Ho Kendall, Jarvis-Selinger Sandra, Norman Cameron D, Li Linda C, Olatunbosun Tunde, Cressman Céline, Nguyen Anne
Department of Emergency Medicine, and eHealth Strategy Office, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 855 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2010 Spring;30(2):139-43. doi: 10.1002/chp.20071.
The timely incorporation of health research into the routine practice of individual health practitioners and interprofessional teams is a widely recognized and ongoing challenge. Health professional engagement and learning is an important cog in the wheel of knowledge translation; passive dissemination of evidence through journals and clinical practice guidelines is inadequate when used alone as an intervention to change the practices of the health professionals.An evolving body of research suggests that communities of practice can be effective in facilitating the uptake of best practices by individual health professionals and teams. Modern information technologies can extend the boundaries and reach of these communities, forming electronic communities of practice (eCoP) that can be used to promote intra- and interprofessional continuing professional development (CPD) and team-based, patient-centered care. However, examples of eCoPs and examination of their characteristics are lacking in the literature. In this paper, we discuss guidelines for developing eCoP. These guidelines will be helpful for others considering the use of the eCoP model in interprofessional learning and practice.
及时将健康研究纳入个体健康从业者和跨专业团队的日常实践是一个广泛认可且持续存在的挑战。健康专业人员的参与和学习是知识转化这一环节中的重要组成部分；仅通过期刊和临床实践指南被动传播证据，作为改变健康专业人员实践的干预措施是不够的。越来越多的研究表明，实践社区能够有效地促进个体健康专业人员和团队采用最佳实践。现代信息技术可以扩展这些社区的边界和范围，形成电子实践社区（eCoP），可用于促进专业内和跨专业的持续专业发展（CPD）以及基于团队的、以患者为中心的护理。然而，文献中缺乏电子实践社区的实例及其特征的研究。在本文中，我们讨论了开发电子实践社区的指南。这些指南将有助于其他考虑在跨专业学习中使用电子实践社区模式的人。
