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| Title |
General practice training and virtual communities of practice - a review of the literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Primary Care, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-13-87 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephen Barnett, Sandra C Jones, Sue Bennett, Don Iverson, Andrew Bonney |
| Abstract |
Good General Practice is essential for an effective health system. Good General Practice training is essential to sustain the workforce, however training for General Practice can be hampered by a number of pressures, including professional, structural and social isolation. General Practice trainees may be under more pressure than fully registered General Practitioners, and yet isolation can lead doctors to reduce hours and move away from rural practice. Virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) in business have been shown to be effective in improving knowledge sharing, thus reducing professional and structural isolation. This literature review will critically examine the current evidence relevant to virtual communities of practice in General Practice training, identify evidence-based principles that might guide their construction and suggest further avenues for research. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| Australia | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 43% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 232 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 219 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 15% |
| Researcher | 29 | 13% |
| Other | 17 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 55 | 24% |
| Unknown | 42 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 43 | 19% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 7% |
| Psychology | 15 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 41 | 18% |
| Unknown | 54 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2021.
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#4,750,345
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#660
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#33,161
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#5
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