An Online Community of Practice to Support Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Practice in Manual Therapy
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health ProfessionsPublished 1 January 2014
Cathy Evans, Euson Yeung, Roula Markoulakis, Sara J. T. Guilcher
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An online longitudinal community of practice utilized as a continuing education approach to deliver an online course based on constructivist and social learning principles allowed geographically dispersed physiotherapists to be mutually engaged in a joint enterprise in evidence‐based manual therapy.
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An online longitudinal community of practice utilized as a continuing education approach to deliver an online course based on constructivist and social learning principles allowed geographically dispersed physiotherapists to be mutually engaged in a joint enterprise in evidence-based manual therapy. Advantages included opportunity for reflection, modeling, and collaboration. Future studies should examine the impact of participation on clinical practice.
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