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Using Social Media to Improve Knowledge Sharing among Healthcare Practitioners

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Recent Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Methods (AMMCS 2017)

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Aim This paper aims to explore and analyse how findings from social media literature can inform healthcare researchers and providers, particularly in the subject of online healthcare social groups, one of the most promising knowledge sharing approaches in healthcare. Methods This paper conducted a systematic review of the social media literature. The Leximancer software “Lexi-Portal Version 4” was used to analyse 298 studies. The Leximancer software exposed a group of relational themes that supported the interpretative content analysis undertaken. Results Two primary findings stand out in the social media literature: The social networking and communication among healthcare practitioners is crucial for maximizing the group work behaviour, besides, social media contribute to research, practice, develop professionalism, and knowledge sharing, particularly within healthcare services. Conclusions Overall, this paper found that social media has a long and rich history of research in knowledge sharing that offers useful tools to healthcare practitioners. Healthcare practitioners may benefit from participating in healthcare knowledge sharing social media platforms by attaining knowledge that enhances their ability to effectively contribute issues and dilemmas faced in the healthcare profession.

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  1. Amman Arab University, Amman, Jordan

    Haitham Alali

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  1. Department of Mathematics & MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    D. Marc Kilgour

  2. Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Herb Kunze

  3. Department of Mathematics & MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Roman Makarov

  4. Department of Mathematics & MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Roderick Melnik

  5. Department of Mathematics & MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Xu Wang

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Alali, H. (2018). Using Social Media to Improve Knowledge Sharing among Healthcare Practitioners. In: Kilgour, D., Kunze, H., Makarov, R., Melnik, R., Wang, X. (eds) Recent Advances in Mathematical and Statistical Methods . AMMCS 2017. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 259. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99719-3_37

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