Developing an online knowledge sharing platform and community of practice for health professionals: Experiences from C-WorKS developed in North East England and Yorkshire during COVID-19.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1111/hir.12519

Peter van der Graaf, Andrea Burrows, Helen Park, Sarah Sowden

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Abstract

Background: Although knowledge sharing online has been recognised as an important strategy for health professionals to apply research findings to their practice, limited research exists on how to develop and implement these platforms to help facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Objectives: This study evaluated an online knowledge sharing platform and community of practice developed in the North East of England and Yorkshire during COVID-19 to support UK health and care professionals to reduce the impact of the wider consequences of COVID-19.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews with stakeholders (n = 8) and users of C-WorKS (n = 13), followed by an online survey (n = 19) among a wider group of users to analyse knowledge use.

Results: Interview and survey findings highlighted several strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to support future development of online knowledge sharing platforms.

Discussion: Online knowledge sharing supports six 'pillars' of successful research and innovation partnerships. This requires distributed forms of leadership and linking of different knowledge sharing strategies, and careful combination of platforms with communities of practice.

Conclusion: Online knowledge sharing provides pragmatic and timely strategies for health professionals in the UK to apply research evidence to their practice. Our study provides generalisable, practical insights in how to develop and implement a knowledge sharing platform.

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为卫生专业人员开发在线知识共享平台和实践社区：COVID-19 期间在英格兰东北部和约克郡开发 C-WorKS 的经验。

背景：尽管在线知识共享已被视为医疗专业人员将研究成果应用于实践的重要策略，但有关如何开发和实施这些平台以帮助促进合作和知识共享的研究却十分有限：本研究对 COVID-19 期间在英格兰东北部和约克郡开发的在线知识共享平台和实践社区进行了评估，以支持英国医疗保健专业人员减少 COVID-19 的广泛影响：方法：对C-WorKS的利益相关者（n = 8）和用户（n = 13）进行半结构式访谈，然后对更广泛的用户群进行在线调查（n = 19），分析知识的使用情况：结果：访谈和调查结果显示了在线知识共享平台的优势、劣势、机遇和威胁：讨论：在线知识共享支持成功的研究与创新伙伴关系的六大 "支柱"。讨论：在线知识共享支持成功的研究与创新伙伴关系的六大 "支柱"。这需要分布式的领导和不同知识共享战略之间的联系，以及平台与实践社区之间的谨慎结合：在线知识共享为英国卫生专业人员提供了实用而及时的策略，将研究证据应用到实践中。我们的研究为如何开发和实施知识共享平台提供了可推广的实用见解。

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Health Information and Libraries Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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6.70

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) provides practitioners, researchers, and students in library and health professions an international and interdisciplinary forum. Its objectives are to encourage discussion and to disseminate developments at the frontiers of information management and libraries. A major focus is communicating practices that are evidence based both in managing information and in supporting health care. The Journal encompasses: - Identifying health information needs and uses - Managing programmes and services in the changing health environment - Information technology and applications in health - Educating and training health information professionals - Outreach to health user groups