Quantifying Use of a Health Virtual Community of Practice for General Practitioners’ Continuing Professional Development: A Novel Methodology and Pilot Evaluation

Abdulaziz Murad   ¹ , MSc ;   Natalie Hyde   ² , PhD ;   Shanton Chang   ¹ , PhD ;   Reeva Lederman   ¹ , PhD ;   Rachelle Bosua   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Marie Pirotta   ⁴ , MBBS, PhD ;   Ralph Audehm   ⁴ , MBBS, DipRACOG ;   Christopher J Yates   ^{5, 6, 7} , MBBS, PhD ;   Andrew M Briggs   ⁸ , BSc Hons, PhD ;   Alexandra Gorelik   ^{5, 9} , MSc ;   Cherie Chiang   ^{5, 6, 7, 10} , MBBS, MD ;   John D Wark   ^{5, 6, 7} , MBBS, PhD

¹ School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

² Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

³ Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands

⁴ Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

⁷ Bone and Mineral Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

⁸ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

⁹ School of Behavioral and Health Science, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

¹⁰ Department of Pathology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia