Faculty mentor/PI email address
jim010@aol.com
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Keywords
conceptual portability; readership mapping; case reports; quiet diffusion; global medicine; knowledge translation; medical education
Date of Presentation
5-6-2026 12:00 AM
Poster Abstract
Background
Traditional academic metrics emphasize citation counts and journal impact factors as measures of scholarly influence. These metrics often overlook the early and informal diffusion of ideas across global clinical communities. Educational posters and case-based teaching materials frequently circulate through digital repositories, yet little attention has been paid to how readership analytics may illuminate patterns of knowledge diffusion across healthcare systems.
Objective
To explore the concept of conceptual portability and to introduce readership mapping as a framework for understanding how clinical ideas travel across diverse global contexts.
Methods
We examined readership analytics from an institutional digital repository hosting clinical posters and educational materials in reference to the authors of this poster. The platform tracks geographic distribution of downloads across countries and regions. Readership mapping was applied as a conceptual framework to analyze how educational artifacts disseminate across global audiences requiring varying degrees of translation and contextual adaptation.
This approach is conceptual rather than experimental and is intended to illustrate how repository analytics may provide insight into early patterns of knowledge diffusion. Observed readership distributions were interpreted through the lens of conceptual portability, defined as the capacity of an idea to retain coherence and usefulness as it moves across clinical environments with differing technological and institutional resources.
Results
Repository analytics demonstrated broad global readership across more than 70 countries, including substantial engagement from regions with diverse healthcare infrastructures. Educational materials emphasizing clinical reasoning, physiology, and pattern recognition showed widespread uptake. The geographic distribution suggests that conceptually portable educational frameworks may diffuse readily across international contexts.
Discussion
These findings support the hypothesis that educational materials grounded in conceptual reasoning may possess high conceptual portability. Such materials require minimal technological infrastructure and can be applied across a wide range of clinical environments. Readership mapping highlights patterns of quiet diffusion that may precede formal citation-based measures of scholarly impact.
Conclusion
Conceptual portability and readership mapping offer a useful lens for understanding how medical ideas travel across global clinical communities. Digital repository analytics may provide a practical method for identifying early patterns of knowledge diffusion and for designing educational materials with broader international accessibility.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Scholarly Communication | Scholarly Publishing
Included in
Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Sharing Research Posters with the World: Clinical Education Posters Can Demonstrate Global Diffusion and Conceptual Portability--Evidence from Readership Maps
Background
Traditional academic metrics emphasize citation counts and journal impact factors as measures of scholarly influence. These metrics often overlook the early and informal diffusion of ideas across global clinical communities. Educational posters and case-based teaching materials frequently circulate through digital repositories, yet little attention has been paid to how readership analytics may illuminate patterns of knowledge diffusion across healthcare systems.
Objective
To explore the concept of conceptual portability and to introduce readership mapping as a framework for understanding how clinical ideas travel across diverse global contexts.
Methods
We examined readership analytics from an institutional digital repository hosting clinical posters and educational materials in reference to the authors of this poster. The platform tracks geographic distribution of downloads across countries and regions. Readership mapping was applied as a conceptual framework to analyze how educational artifacts disseminate across global audiences requiring varying degrees of translation and contextual adaptation.
This approach is conceptual rather than experimental and is intended to illustrate how repository analytics may provide insight into early patterns of knowledge diffusion. Observed readership distributions were interpreted through the lens of conceptual portability, defined as the capacity of an idea to retain coherence and usefulness as it moves across clinical environments with differing technological and institutional resources.
Results
Repository analytics demonstrated broad global readership across more than 70 countries, including substantial engagement from regions with diverse healthcare infrastructures. Educational materials emphasizing clinical reasoning, physiology, and pattern recognition showed widespread uptake. The geographic distribution suggests that conceptually portable educational frameworks may diffuse readily across international contexts.
Discussion
These findings support the hypothesis that educational materials grounded in conceptual reasoning may possess high conceptual portability. Such materials require minimal technological infrastructure and can be applied across a wide range of clinical environments. Readership mapping highlights patterns of quiet diffusion that may precede formal citation-based measures of scholarly impact.
Conclusion
Conceptual portability and readership mapping offer a useful lens for understanding how medical ideas travel across global clinical communities. Digital repository analytics may provide a practical method for identifying early patterns of knowledge diffusion and for designing educational materials with broader international accessibility.