How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks
Clinician-scientists, physicians who conduct research, may fulfil a bridging role in networks of health care researchers and practitioners. Within clinician-scientists’ networks, knowledge sharing is thought to play a vital role in the continuing professional development of themselves and their coll...
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| author | Esther de Groot Jasperina Brouwer Yvette Baggen Nienke Moolenaar Manon Kluijtmans Roger Damoiseaux |
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| description | Clinician-scientists, physicians who conduct research, may fulfil a bridging role in networks of health care researchers and practitioners. Within clinician-scientists’ networks, knowledge sharing is thought to play a vital role in the continuing professional development of themselves and their colleagues. However, little is known about networks of clinician-scientists and how this impacts continuing professional development. Rooted in social capital theory, this study provides a mixed methods exploration of clinician-scientists’ networks. Ego-level social network data were collected via semi-structured interviews on professional interactions about evidence-based practice with 15 clinician-scientists in the area of general practice and elderly care. Quantitative analysis revealed that professional networks of clinician-scientists varied in size, composition, and frequency of interactions depending on appointed research time and experience. Less experienced clinician-scientists interacted most frequently with other clinician-scientists while experienced clinician-scientist experienced more sporadically with clinicians. Clinician-scientists with more research time interacted more frequently with scientists and had a slightly larger professional network than those with less research time. The thematic qualitative analysis revealed different decision-making processes of clinician-scientists on mobilising their social capital and connecting to others in the network: (1) deliberate decision about initiating connections; (2) reactive behaviour without a decision; (3) ad-hoc decision. Clinician-scientists exchange knowledge to enhance their own continuing professional development mainly but also contribute to the professional development of clinicians, scientists, and other clinician-scientists. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dd2c6fec69c64000bb8759d51a817c062025-08-20T02:48:45ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of CME2833-80732024-12-0113110.1080/28338073.2024.2421129How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their NetworksEsther de Groot0Jasperina Brouwer1Yvette Baggen2Nienke Moolenaar3Manon Kluijtmans4Roger Damoiseaux5Department of General Practice, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsFaculty Behavioural and Social Sciences, Department Educational Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsEducation and Learning Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, The NetherlandsMinistry of Education, Culture and Science, Dutch Inspectorate of Education, The NetherlandsCenter for Education, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The NetherlandsDepartment of General Practice, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsClinician-scientists, physicians who conduct research, may fulfil a bridging role in networks of health care researchers and practitioners. Within clinician-scientists’ networks, knowledge sharing is thought to play a vital role in the continuing professional development of themselves and their colleagues. However, little is known about networks of clinician-scientists and how this impacts continuing professional development. Rooted in social capital theory, this study provides a mixed methods exploration of clinician-scientists’ networks. Ego-level social network data were collected via semi-structured interviews on professional interactions about evidence-based practice with 15 clinician-scientists in the area of general practice and elderly care. Quantitative analysis revealed that professional networks of clinician-scientists varied in size, composition, and frequency of interactions depending on appointed research time and experience. Less experienced clinician-scientists interacted most frequently with other clinician-scientists while experienced clinician-scientist experienced more sporadically with clinicians. Clinician-scientists with more research time interacted more frequently with scientists and had a slightly larger professional network than those with less research time. The thematic qualitative analysis revealed different decision-making processes of clinician-scientists on mobilising their social capital and connecting to others in the network: (1) deliberate decision about initiating connections; (2) reactive behaviour without a decision; (3) ad-hoc decision. Clinician-scientists exchange knowledge to enhance their own continuing professional development mainly but also contribute to the professional development of clinicians, scientists, and other clinician-scientists.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28338073.2024.2421129Professional networkssocial capitalknowledge exchangecontinuing professional development |
| spellingShingle | Esther de Groot Jasperina Brouwer Yvette Baggen Nienke Moolenaar Manon Kluijtmans Roger Damoiseaux How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks Journal of CME Professional networks social capital knowledge exchange continuing professional development |
| title | How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks |
| title_full | How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks |
| title_fullStr | How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks |
| title_short | How Clinician-Scientists Access and Mobilise Social Capital and Thus Contribute to the Professional Development of Their Colleagues in Their Networks |
| title_sort | how clinician scientists access and mobilise social capital and thus contribute to the professional development of their colleagues in their networks |
| topic | Professional networks social capital knowledge exchange continuing professional development |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28338073.2024.2421129 |
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