Moderated WhatsApp groups increased professional knowledge among newly graduated nurses relative to an untreated control group¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participants in moderated WhatsApp groups had significantly higher knowledge than the control group. → Pimmer 2019

Evidence¶

Pimmer 2019¶

Pimmer, Christoph; Brühlmann, Florian; Odetola, Titilayo Dorothy; Oluwasola, Deborah Olusola; Dipeolu, Oluwafemi; Ajuwon, Ademola J. (2019). Facilitating professional mobile learning communities with instant messaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.09.005

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Quasi-experimental, survey-based study with an intervention and control condition (n = 114); newly graduated nurses in Nigeria participated in moderated WhatsApp groups for 6 months. The article reports participants in the moderated WhatsApp groups "had significantly higher knowledge" than controls; no effect size is printed.

"The findings show that participants in the moderated WhatsApp groups had significantly higher knowledge and exhibited fewer feelings of professional isolation compared with the control group, which was not subject of any treatment."

Discussion¶

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• Controlling for active contributions, intervention effects were more pronounced and professional identification was higher in the moderated WhatsApp condition — related
• General self-reported WhatsApp use was positively associated with professional social capital, identity, lower isolation, job satisfaction, and perceived knowledge transfer — related
• Moderated WhatsApp groups reduced feelings of professional isolation among newly graduated nurses — related