TY - JOUR
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Communication
KW - Continuity of Patient Care
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Education, Nursing, Continuing
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW - Humans
KW - Information Services
KW - Interprofessional Relations
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Nursing Research
KW - Nursing Staff/education/organization & administration/psychology
KW - Online Systems/organization & administration
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Psychiatric Nursing/education/organization & administration
KW - Rural Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Social Isolation
KW - Social Support
AU - L. Cassidy
A1 - 
AB - The provision of quality mental health services in rural areas continues to be an ongoing challenge for nurses and the patients they serve. The use of computer mediated communication to construct collaborative learning environments similar to those suggested in Wenger's community of practice framework has the potential to mitigate a number of the difficulties faced by rural health care providers. The author presents a brief discussion of social learning theories, the communities of practice framework, and related concepts. Examples of current online communities of practice used as a means for knowledge construction in various professional disciplines are presented in building the case for the fit between online communities of practice and the needs of nurses in rural mental health. Nurses providing mental health care in rural areas have documented needs for interdisciplinary teamwork, access to a collaborative learning environment, and ongoing contact with expert resources. The construction of online communities of practice could potentially address a multitude of concerns identified by nurses practicing mental health care in rural areas.
BT - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
C5 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth
CP - 2
CY - England
DO - 10.3109/01612840.2010.535648
IS - 2
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
N2 - The provision of quality mental health services in rural areas continues to be an ongoing challenge for nurses and the patients they serve. The use of computer mediated communication to construct collaborative learning environments similar to those suggested in Wenger's community of practice framework has the potential to mitigate a number of the difficulties faced by rural health care providers. The author presents a brief discussion of social learning theories, the communities of practice framework, and related concepts. Examples of current online communities of practice used as a means for knowledge construction in various professional disciplines are presented in building the case for the fit between online communities of practice and the needs of nurses in rural mental health. Nurses providing mental health care in rural areas have documented needs for interdisciplinary teamwork, access to a collaborative learning environment, and ongoing contact with expert resources. The construction of online communities of practice could potentially address a multitude of concerns identified by nurses practicing mental health care in rural areas.
PP - England
PY - 2011
SN - 1096-4673; 0161-2840
SP - 98
EP - 107
EP - 
T1 - Online communities of practice to support collaborative mental health practice in rural areas
T2 - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
TI - Online communities of practice to support collaborative mental health practice in rural areas
U1 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 21247275
U3 - 10.3109/01612840.2010.535648
VL - 32
VO - 1096-4673; 0161-2840
Y1 - 2011
ER -