caresearch: professional connect

CareSearch: Professional Connect

This event is part of the Quality Use of

CareSearch Project

Professional ConnectNetworks, or communities of practice arecreated when there is a common interest

For the majority of networks, communication and sharing of resources is important.

CareSearch can help to facilitate this via virtual engagement

Professional ConnectCareSearch can support networks by allowinginteraction online.

This enables groups to

• Share information, such as documentation• Communicate in a way that allows tracking of

conversation threads• Share a common calendar for important events

Professional Connect• If a group is interested in this feature they will

need to contact CareSearch• Users will be registered and will be emailed a

username and password to gain access• These password protected areas are called

forums and users need to decide what options they would like

Professional Connect• A forum can have one or many areas of

discussion• Groups need to decide if their forum needs to

be moderated

– If a tutor is working with students they may wish to moderate

– A working group of peers won’t need a moderator

Palliative Care Nurses AustraliaThe PCNA national committee comprises seven members from different states

Face to face meetings can only be facilitated annually, so the committee engages virtually to conduct ongoing business

Documents (eg, financial statements) areuploaded onto the documents page before each of the monthly teleconferences

Palliative Care Nurses Australia

The newsletter editor uploads draft newsletters for comment and editing by the group

The forum has conversation threads with themes such as marketing, membership

The forum was used to discuss the formal peerreview process of the CareSearch nurses hub

Professional Connect

• CareSearch can provide information, support and advice about setting up a forum

CareSearch would like to thank the many people

who contribute their time and expertise to the project including

members of the National Advisory Group and the Knowledge

Network Management Group.

CareSearch is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Palliative Care Program.

www.caresearch.com.au