Background: First generation Internet technologies such as mailing lists or newsgroups afforded unprecedented levels of information exchange within a variety of interest groups, including those who seek health information. With emergence of the World Wide Web many communication applications were ported to web browsers. One of the driving factors in this phenomenon has been the exchange of experiential or anecdotal knowledge that patients share online, and there is emerging evidence that participation in these forums may be having an impact on people\u27s health decision making. Theoretical frameworks supporting this form of information seeking and learning have yet to be proposed. Results: In this article, we propose an adaptation of Kolb\u...
eHealth is commonly defined as health services and information provided through the Internet and rel...
The internet has radically changed the way people obtain and interact with information about disease...
Background Patients are using online health forums (OHFs) to exchange about their health, diseases ...
Abstract Background First generation Internet technol...
PURPOSE: Communication skills teaching in medical education has yet to acknowledge the impact of the...
Item does not contain fulltextCONTEXT: The use of the Internet for peer-to-peer connection has been ...
The Internet has become a major source of health information for the general public and has the pote...
Access to knowledge forms an integral part of the continuous learning processes of medical and other...
Access to knowledge forms an integral part of the continuous learning processes of medical and other...
Access to knowledge forms an integral part of the continuous learning processes of medical and other...
In recent years, the UK has seen a dramatic increase in people seeking health information via the in...
BackgroundTraditional health information has been based on facts and figures, not patients’ experien...
Purpose: Internet forums are an important arena for information exchange between consumers. Despite...
Objective: Online support groups play an increasingly important role in patients' lived experience o...
Internet and Information Technology have contributed immensely to an ever-changing information struc...
eHealth is commonly defined as health services and information provided through the Internet and rel...
The internet has radically changed the way people obtain and interact with information about disease...
Background Patients are using online health forums (OHFs) to exchange about their health, diseases ...
Abstract Background First generation Internet technol...
PURPOSE: Communication skills teaching in medical education has yet to acknowledge the impact of the...
Item does not contain fulltextCONTEXT: The use of the Internet for peer-to-peer connection has been ...
The Internet has become a major source of health information for the general public and has the pote...
Access to knowledge forms an integral part of the continuous learning processes of medical and other...
Access to knowledge forms an integral part of the continuous learning processes of medical and other...
Access to knowledge forms an integral part of the continuous learning processes of medical and other...
In recent years, the UK has seen a dramatic increase in people seeking health information via the in...
BackgroundTraditional health information has been based on facts and figures, not patients’ experien...
Purpose: Internet forums are an important arena for information exchange between consumers. Despite...
Objective: Online support groups play an increasingly important role in patients' lived experience o...
Internet and Information Technology have contributed immensely to an ever-changing information struc...
eHealth is commonly defined as health services and information provided through the Internet and rel...
The internet has radically changed the way people obtain and interact with information about disease...
Background Patients are using online health forums (OHFs) to exchange about their health, diseases ...