?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Electronic+Mail+List+for+a+Network+of+Family+Practice+Residency+Programs%3A+A+Good+Idea%3F&rft.creator=Summers+Holtrop+PhD%2C+CHES%2C+Jodi&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=The+use+of+an+electronic+mailing+list+as+a+means+of+communication+among+faculty+in+a+network+of+university-affiliated+family+practice+residency+programs+was+evaluated.+Faculty+were+automatically+subscribed+to+the+list+by+the+list+owner.+Messages+were+tracked+for+one+year+and+a+written+evaluation+survey+was+sent.+Ninety+two+messages+were+sent%2C+with+52%25+of+the+messages+being+posted+information.+While+most+(65%25)+survey+respondents+reported+reading+61%25+or+more+of+the+messages%2C+with+only+33%25+ever+actually+posted+at+least+one+message+to+the+list.+Given+that+faculty+were+automatically+subscribed+and+that+there+were+only+84+total+members%2C+the+list+may+have+failed+to+reach+a+critical+mass+of+active+participants.+It+is+concluded+that+an+email+list+for+network+faculty+did+not+function+as+an+online+discussion+group%2C+although+it+was+extremely+beneficial+as+a+way+of+posting+information+to+affiliated+residency+faculty.%0A&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2400%2F1%2Fres00017.pdf&rft.identifier=++Summers+Holtrop+PhD%2C+CHES%2C+Jodi++(2001)+An+Electronic+Mail+List+for+a+Network+of+Family+Practice+Residency+Programs%3A+A+Good+Idea%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2400%2F