PMID- 34312199
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210804
LR  - 20210814
IS  - 2044-6055 (Electronic)
IS  - 2044-6055 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 7
DP  - 2021 Jul 26
TI  - Virtual communities of practice to improve clinical outcomes in healthcare: 
      protocol for a 10-year scoping review.
PG  - e046998
LID - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046998 [doi]
LID - e046998
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) use a common online 
      platform to provide healthcare professionals with the opportunity to access 
      highly specialised knowledge, build a professional support network and promote 
      the translation of research evidence into practice. There is limited reporting of 
      how best to design and administer VCoPs within healthcare organisations. The 
      primary aim of this scoping review is to identify the best methods used to 
      establish and maintain VCoPs. Findings shall be used to develop a flexible 
      framework to guide the establishment and facilitation of a VCoP for healthcare 
      professionals to ensure the translation of falls prevention clinical guidelines 
      into practice. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A five-stage scoping review process will be 
      followed based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework and refined by the Joanna 
      Briggs Institute Methodology. An initial limited search of PubMed and Cumulative 
      Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature will identify relevant studies and 
      assist with search term development. This will be followed by a search of five 
      online databases to identify papers published from January 2010 until November 
      2020. Papers will be independently screened by two reviewers, and data extracted 
      and analysed using a reporting framework. Qualitative data will be analysed 
      thematically and numerical synthesis of the data will be conducted. RESULTS AND 
      DISSEMINATION: The results of this scoping review will highlight the best ways to 
      design and manage VCoPs in healthcare organisations. The findings will be 
      presented at relevant stakeholder workshops, conferences and published in 
      peer-reviewed journals.
CI  - (c) Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No 
      commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
FAU - Shaw, Louise
AU  - Shaw L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8188-2313
AD  - Faculty of Health Science, Youth & Community Studies, Holmesglen Institute of 
      TAFE, Parkdale, Victoria, Australia louise.shaw@holmesglen.edu.au.
AD  - School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Faculty of Science, Health and 
      Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
FAU - Jazayeri, Dana
AU  - Jazayeri D
AD  - School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Faculty of Science, Health and 
      Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
FAU - Kiegaldie, Debra
AU  - Kiegaldie D
AD  - Faculty of Health Science, Youth & Community Studies, Holmesglen Institute of 
      TAFE, Parkdale, Victoria, Australia.
AD  - Eastern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash 
      University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
FAU - Morris, Meg
AU  - Morris M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0114-4175
AD  - School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, Faculty of Science, Health and 
      Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
AD  - Victorian Rehabilitation Centre, Healthscope Limited, Melbourne, Victoria, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20210726
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Open
JT  - BMJ open
JID - 101552874
SB  - IM
MH  - Community Health Services
MH  - *Delivery of Health Care
MH  - Health Facilities
MH  - *Health Personnel
MH  - Humans
MH  - Peer Review
MH  - Research Design
MH  - Review Literature as Topic
PMC - PMC8314687
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - education & training (see medical education & training)
OT  - health & safety
OT  - protocols & guidelines
OT  - quality in health care
COIS- Competing interests: None declared.
EDAT- 2021/07/28 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/05 06:00
PMCR- 2021/07/26
CRDT- 2021/07/27 06:30
PHST- 2021/07/27 06:30 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bmjopen-2020-046998 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046998 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 26;11(7):e046998. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046998.