TY - JOUR
T1 - Benefits and Threats to Using Social Media for Presenting and Implementing Evidence
AU - Cook, Chad
AU - O'Connell, Neil
AU - Hall, Toby
AU - George, Steven
AU - Jull, Gwendolen
AU - Wright, Alexis
AU - Girbes, Enrique
AU - Lewis, Jeremy
AU - Hancock, Mark
PY - 2018/1/31
Y1 - 2018/1/31
N2 - As a potential high-yield tool for disseminating information that can reach many people, social media is transforming how clinicians, the public, and policy makers are educated and find new knowledge associated with research-related information. Social media is available to all who access the internet, reducing selected barriers to acquiring original source documents such as journal articles or books and potentially improving implementation-the process of formulating a conclusion and moving on that decision. The use of social media for evidence dissemination/implementation of research has both benefits and threats. It is the aim of this Viewpoint to provide a balanced view of each.
AB - As a potential high-yield tool for disseminating information that can reach many people, social media is transforming how clinicians, the public, and policy makers are educated and find new knowledge associated with research-related information. Social media is available to all who access the internet, reducing selected barriers to acquiring original source documents such as journal articles or books and potentially improving implementation-the process of formulating a conclusion and moving on that decision. The use of social media for evidence dissemination/implementation of research has both benefits and threats. It is the aim of this Viewpoint to provide a balanced view of each.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040056611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2519/jospt.2018.0601
DO - 10.2519/jospt.2018.0601
M3 - Article
SN - 0190-6011
VL - 48
SP - 3
EP - 7
JO - Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
JF - Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
IS - 1
ER -