|  |  | Activities and methods of communication/interaction |  | ||
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Reference and year of publication | Workshops | Seminars | Meeting of members | Emails | Web-based systems and blogs | Other |
[27] 1999 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Face-to-face ongoing interactions at place of work. |
[35] 2000 | A one-off workshop based on situated-learning model was organised to engage nurses in research. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[20] 2002 | Â | Â | Regularly, to move the project goals forward | Â | Â | Â |
[33] 2002 | Â | Â | At least 6 - 10 times a year. | Â | Â | Â |
[24] 2002 | Â | Coordinated information, training and education sessions for medical professionals and other stakeholders. | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[16] 2003 | Â | Â | Each CoP met seven times during the study period. | Â | Â | Members undertook 'homework' to seek information in between meetings. |
[17] 2004 | Â | Â | Meetings of practice staff, GPs, partners, executives, admin staff, partners and practice manager, and practice award nurse team. | Â | Â | Multiple informal gatherings and discussions, patient-doctor consultations, home visits. |
[21] 2004 | Â | Â | Â | Targeted email and networking service for health practitioners and researchers. | Â | Â |
[39] 2004 | Â | Â | Face-to-face meetings. | Listserv | Interactive website. | Site-visits, each lasting 2.5 days; followed by circulation of a newsletter summarising the meeting and a CD compilation of the presentations made during the site visits. Teleconferences. Opportunity to participate in special projects funded by the sponsoring agency. |
[18] 2005 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Face-to-face ongoing interactions at place of work. |
[19] 2005 | Â | Â | Met for 2 days at the start of the project, and at months 4, 9 and 14. | Â | Participants were encouraged to participate in virtual workshops to discuss models or descriptions of gerontological nursing identified from the literature. | Â |
[46] 2006 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Virtual college. | Â |
[45] 2006 | Â | Â | The initial bringing together of the group. | Email discussions | Â | Â |
[37] 2006 | Â | Â | Met monthly the project to report and share and effective strategies, contribute to problem reinforce and and to ensure consistency in data collection. | Â | Â | Presentations of evidence-base by experts at the kick-off session. Monthly progress reports posted on bulletin boards. |
[22] 2006 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Online system for posting and discussing critical incidents in anaesthesia. | Â |
[40] 2007 | Not described in detail. The authors make reference to the program functioning predominantly through a virtual platform with opportunity for personal communication and networking. | |||||
[31] 2007 | Â | Regular web-based seminars | Occasional face-to-face meetings | Â | Â | Teleconferences. CoP members were granted access to online resources including policy, program and research aids; including standard research and evaluation protocols. |
[34] 2007 | Â | Â | Symposium to discuss the recommendations. | Â | Guidelines were presented to members of the CoP by postal mail, email, and website. Web-based system was offered as a method of communication. | Â |
[44] 2007 | Â | Â | While not explicitly stated in the paper, it is assumed that the activities undertaken by the group would have involved face-to-face interaction. | Â | Â | The clinical planning group was established to plan clinical training, coordinate installation of training versions of EMP, and organise a range of practical tasks. |
[32] 2007 | Multidisciplinary workshops | Â | Â | Â | Web-based platform used to deliver educational content. | Â |
[43] 2007 | Â | Â | Exchanges during routine work. | Â | Â | Â |
[42] 2008 | Â | Â | Â | Email Listserv | Â | Â |
[36] 2008 | Â | Â | Attendance and participation in journal clubs and case conferences. | Â | Â | Â |
[26] 2008 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Knowledge-pooling and translation is facilitated through a virtual practice-development college. | Â |
[30] 2008 | Not described in the paper. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[38] 2008 | Â | Â | Local and regional meetings. | Â | Â | Teleconferences with community health centre teams. |
[23] 2008 | Â | Â | Leadership program that led to the emergence of CoP included group reflection exercises. | Â | Â | Â |
[15] 2009 | Bi-monthly, half-day workshops to discuss 'hot topics' identified by the 'core' group. | Â | Â | Â | Database of members published on a CoP website. | Â |
[29] 2009 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 12 case-based learning modules with content relevant to clinical topic, and an asynchronous online discussion board. | Â |
[41] 2009 | Â | Â | Â | Project coordinator maintained regular communication with CoP members by email and telephone. | Â | Â |
[28] 2009 | 3-day training program | Â | Face to face meetings, site visits for individualized consultation. | Email support | Web and wiki support. | Reliability and software training, telephone support, information provided on the website, quarterly agency reports. |
[11] 2009 | Not applicable - systematic review of the literature | |||||
[14] 2009 | Not applicable - systematic review of the literature |