Communities of practice can facilitate the sharing and translation of knowledge. BRAINSPaN is a multidisciplinary community of practice of clinicians, researchers and students in the brain impairment field that was launched in Australia in June 2017. We aimed to investigate the impact of BRAINSPaN on multidisciplinary collaboration and on knowledge, skills and confidence in domains of practice of interest to members.

We surveyed BRAINSPaN members over three time points at 1-month (n = 117), 7-months (n = 69) and 14-months (n = 46) post-launch. Content analysis of posts to the BRAINSPaN listserv was also conducted to identify their purpose and content.

Increasing access to new research findings and increasing interaction with others in the brain impairment field were the two main goals for survey respondents’ participation in BRAINSPaN. At 7- and 14-months post-launch, these were also the most commonly achieved goals and most frequently cited benefits of BRAINSPaN participation. Cognitive rehabilitation and behaviour management were the most frequently reported practice domains of interest, as well as being two of the five most common topics of BRAINSPaN posts over the survey period. There was a significant increase in self-reported knowledge for participants’ top two domains of interest, but no change in skills or confidence.

BRAINSPaN has the potential to serve as a vehicle for the sharing and translation of knowledge in the brain impairment field. Combining other forms of dissemination with communities of practice, such as workshops and clinical mentoring, may be needed to also influence the development of skills and confidence in practice areas.

实践社区可以促进知识的共享和转化。BRAINSPaN 是一个由脑损伤领域的临床医生、研究人员和学生组成的多学科实践社区，于 2017 年 6 月在澳大利亚成立。我们旨在调查 BRAINSPaN 对多学科合作以及对脑损伤实践领域的知识、技能和信心的影响。会员的兴趣。

我们在发布后 1 个月 (n = 117)、7 个月 (n = 69) 和 14 个月 (n = 46) 三个时间点对 BRAINSPaN 成员进行了调查。还对 BRAINSPaN listserv 的帖子进行了内容分析，以确定其目的和内容。

增加对新研究结果的访问和增加与脑损伤领域其他人的互动是调查受访者参与 BRAINSPaN 的两个主要目标。在发布后 7 个月和 14 个月，这些也是最常实现的目标和最常提到的 BRAINSPaN 参与的好处。认知康复和行为管理是最常报告的感兴趣的实践领域，也是调查期间 BRAINSPaN 帖子的五个最常见主题中的两个。参与者最感兴趣的两个领域的自我报告知识显着增加，但技能或信心没有变化。

BRAINSPaN 有潜力成为脑损伤领域知识共享和翻译的工具。可能需要将其他形式的传播与实践社区相结合，例如研讨会和临床指导，以影响实践领域的技能和信心的发展。