Networked Learning and Network Science: Potential Applications to Health Professionals' Continuing Education and Development
Authors:
- Alvaro MargolisAMAlvaro Margolis
- John ParboosinghJPJohn Parboosingh
- 1 January 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
- Vol. 35 (3) , 211-219
Abstract
Essional associations. With the advent of information and communication technologies, new communication spaces have emerged that have the potential to enhance networked learning in national and international professional associations and increase the effectiveness of CME for health professionals. In this article, network science, based on the application of network theory and other theories, is proposed as an approach to better understand the contribution networking and interactivity between health professionals in professional communities make to their learning and adoption of new practices over time....Keywords
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