title: ICT in the ICU: using Web 2.0 to enhance a community of practice for intensive care physicians.
abstract: Contemporary information and communicationstechnology (ICT), particularly applications termed "Web2.0", can facilitate practice development and knowledgemanagement for busy clinicians. Just as importantly, theseapplications might also enhance professional socialinteraction and the development of an interprofessionalcommunity of practice that transcends the boundaries ofthe intensive care unit, health service, jurisdiction andnation.We explore the development of Web 2.0 applications inhealth care, and their application to intensive care practicein Australia and New Zealand. The opportunities for usingpodcasts, blogs, wikis and virtual worlds to support cliniciandevelopment and knowledge exchange are clear in theory.However, strategic leadership from the Colleges is neededto fully exploit these technologies and to enable thedevelopment of a strong and sustainable ICU community ofpractice.
authors.affiliation: NSW Intensive Care Coordination and Monitoring Unit, Sydney, NSW. burrela@wahs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Anthony R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Burrell
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D020407:Internet; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D009520:New Zealand; D010820:Physicians; D012944:Social Support; D012984:Software