Systems to support scholarly social media: a qualitative exploration of enablers and barriers to new scholarship in academic medicine

Introduction: As academia begins to incorporate modern communication technologies into its scholarly structures, there are both enablers and barriers which foster academics’ uptake of these innovations. Those who are early adopters of academic social media - whether it be for education, research-re...

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Autores principales:	Teresa M Chan, Brandon Ruan, Daniel Lu, Mark Lee, Yusuf Yilmaz
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Publicado:	Canadian Medical Education Journal 2021
Materias:	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2c89ac1a319244459aa2006b290c69df2021-12-01T22:35:32ZSystems to support scholarly social media: a qualitative exploration of enablers and barriers to new scholarship in academic medicine10.36834/cmej.724901923-1202https://doaj.org/article/2c89ac1a319244459aa2006b290c69df2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/72490https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202 Introduction: As academia begins to incorporate modern communication technologies into its scholarly structures, there are both enablers and barriers which foster academics’ uptake of these innovations. Those who are early adopters of academic social media - whether it be for education, research-related networking, or knowledge translation - may therefore be best positioned to highlight both enablers and barriers within their work environments. Methods: The authors conducted a constructivist grounded theory study to discern what prominent practitioners of academic social media (e.g. Twitter) have encountered in their careers. Participants were recruited via a snowball sampling technique and invited to participate in semi-structured interviews. Three investigators engaged in constant comparative analysis of incoming transcripts. To enhance rigour, we conducted an audit of the analysis and a participant member check. Results: Seventeen emerging influencers in the field of academic social media were recruited. After axial coding, the 30 enablers and 21 barriers to academic social media use were mapped to three spheres of influence: personal, institutional, and virtual. The investigators propose a framework that organizes these enablers and barriers around a tipping point where sustainability becomes possible. Conclusions: Multiple enablers and barriers were described to influence social media users within academic medicine. By organizing these facets into a personal, institutional, and virtual framework along a spectrum, we can begin to understand the underlying structures that potentiate the academic ecosystems in which social media and similar innovations may flourish. Teresa M ChanBrandon RuanDaniel LuMark LeeYusuf YilmazCanadian Medical Education JournalarticleEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal (2021)
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spellingShingle	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920 Teresa M Chan Brandon Ruan Daniel Lu Mark Lee Yusuf Yilmaz Systems to support scholarly social media: a qualitative exploration of enablers and barriers to new scholarship in academic medicine
description	Introduction: As academia begins to incorporate modern communication technologies into its scholarly structures, there are both enablers and barriers which foster academics’ uptake of these innovations. Those who are early adopters of academic social media - whether it be for education, research-related networking, or knowledge translation - may therefore be best positioned to highlight both enablers and barriers within their work environments. Methods: The authors conducted a constructivist grounded theory study to discern what prominent practitioners of academic social media (e.g. Twitter) have encountered in their careers. Participants were recruited via a snowball sampling technique and invited to participate in semi-structured interviews. Three investigators engaged in constant comparative analysis of incoming transcripts. To enhance rigour, we conducted an audit of the analysis and a participant member check. Results: Seventeen emerging influencers in the field of academic social media were recruited. After axial coding, the 30 enablers and 21 barriers to academic social media use were mapped to three spheres of influence: personal, institutional, and virtual. The investigators propose a framework that organizes these enablers and barriers around a tipping point where sustainability becomes possible. Conclusions: Multiple enablers and barriers were described to influence social media users within academic medicine. By organizing these facets into a personal, institutional, and virtual framework along a spectrum, we can begin to understand the underlying structures that potentiate the academic ecosystems in which social media and similar innovations may flourish.
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title_short	Systems to support scholarly social media: a qualitative exploration of enablers and barriers to new scholarship in academic medicine
title_full	Systems to support scholarly social media: a qualitative exploration of enablers and barriers to new scholarship in academic medicine
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Systems to support scholarly social media: a qualitative exploration of enablers and barriers to new scholarship in academic medicine

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