Medical education innovation: the advent of social media

UNSTRUCTURED This research study was designed to understand physician awareness and engagement with social media (sometimes referred to as #SoMe) within the digital landscape of healthcare delivery. An audience-response survey focused on social media “Social media in Healthcare: Physician Survey”, was administered during the “A Systematic Approach to Medically Unexplained Symptoms” continuing medical education conference. The Conference took place between August 22, 2019 and August 24, 2019. Data was collected on August 23, 2019. A range of 103 (59.5%) to 112 (64.7%) of the total 173 attendees participated in this cross-sectional audience-response survey, depending on the questions answered. Most responders were between the ages of 35 and 65 years (79.6%) and female (60.2%). A majority of responders were aware of social media terminology (88.7%), and many had used it personally (46.7%), but only 12% knew how to use social media to search medical topics, 18% used it to network professionally and most (68.9%) had a distrust of social media when it came to the protection of their privacy or their patients’ privacy. Overall, about 29.6% indicated an interest in future continued medical education focused on social media (and 27.4% were neutral). Awareness of social media’s role in healthcare has increased among physicians in practice, however their participation and knowledge of opportunities remains limited. Distance from academic institutions and concerns about privacy play the largest roles in the aversion towards professional use of social media.

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The usage pattern and willingness of undergraduate medical students for including social media platforms as a learning tool in medical education- an online survey

PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL RESEARCH - 2 ◽

10.47799/pimr.0801.03 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 11-17

Author(s):

Momin Kashif ◽

Mirza Nisar Baig

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Medical Students ◽

Online Survey ◽

Active Participation ◽

First Year ◽

Usage Pattern ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Learning Tool ◽

Social Media Platforms

Background: The rapid growth and availability of smartphones and social media platforms (SMP) have changed the medical students' approach to learn and manage the information about their academic, personal and professional lives. Methods: An online survey was done in undergraduate medical students of PIMS, Karimnagar to collect information about usage pattern and perception of SMP, and willingness to participate for using SMP as a learning tool in medical education. Results: Total 433 (Females – 275) out of 600 students participated in the survey from the first year (125), secondyear (151) and third-year (157) MBBS students. Everyone is using some type of SMP. They find SMP nearly equal to lecture materials and subject notes as a useful learning tool and there was significantly increasing trend of perception of SMP being a useful learning tool from the first-year (79%), second-year (83%) to third-year (92%), (p=0.01). Almost 93% want to see SMP used at institute level in medical education. Female students (52.4%) are significantly more willing for active participation than male students (43%), p=0.04. First-year students (56%) are more ready for active participation followed by third (48.4%) and second (43.7%) year students, p=0.08. Conclusion: Most students are willing to include SMP in medical education as a learning tool and ready to participate in different activities if they get the required training. As all students have smartphones and efficiently utilizing different services on their devices, SMP can become an effective learning tool in medical education.

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Not Just a Medical Student: Delivering Medical Education Through a Short Video Series on Social Media (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.11971 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nadine Abbas ◽

Utkarsh Ojha

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Medical Student ◽

Medical Curriculum ◽

Medical Community ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

Leadership Academy ◽

Healthcare Leadership ◽

Short Video ◽

Education Award

UNSTRUCTURED “Not Just a Medical Student” is an innovative bite-size medical education video series founded and hosted on social media. Its primary aim is to inspire tomorrow’s doctors to be creative while engaging and informing them with the latest innovations, technology, and conferences within various specialties. To our knowledge, these themes are scarcely covered in the structured medical curriculum. Created and launched in August 2017, “Not Just a Medical Student” quickly gained traction; with over 1000 followers on Facebook and a rapidly increasing number of views, it reached the medical community across the globe. The video series features a trailblazer in virtual reality surgery and its potential impact on the evolution of medical education, reviewing future medical technology apps, such as Touch Surgery, and reporting on the latest medical education and health apps. The series engaged in topical medico-politics at the British Medical Association House and reported on global health issues and innovations at the Royal Society of Medicine Conference. The video series has further received several national awards including the Association and Study of Medical Education (ASME) Educator Innovator 2017 award, runner up to the Zeshan Qureshi Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education Award, and the Alternative Docs National Social Media Influencer award. The concept has been presented at international conferences (eg, the Healthcare Leadership Academy conference) and gained international recognition upon personal invitation at the Norwegian Annual Junior Doctors Conference. With the rise of the social media generation, innovative methods to inspire, engage, and inform students contributing to the continuous evolution of medical education should be encouraged and further explored.

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Opportunities and Obstacles for Providing Medical Education Through Social Media (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.15297 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Aimee Wilkinson ◽

James Ashcroft

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Health Care Students

UNSTRUCTURED Social media has infiltrated almost every sector of life, and medical education is no exception. As this technology becomes mainstream within society, an increasing number of health care students and professionals are using it for learning. Several important considerations for the risks of this technology are discussed here.

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AB083. Social media with cartoon characters as a powerful tool for expanding medical education and raising awareness of rare genetic diseases

Annals of Translational Medicine ◽

10.21037/atm.2017.s083 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (S2) ◽

pp. AB083-AB083

Author(s):

Thipwimol Tim-Aroon ◽

Suphatcharee Leklab ◽

Marin Satawiriya ◽

Sirima Ketsuwan ◽

Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Genetic Diseases ◽

Raising Awareness ◽

Rare Genetic Diseases ◽

Cartoon Characters

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P112 SMILE: Sustaining Medical Education In a Lockdown Environment.Using social media to develop a free online access medical education platform during lockdown

BJS Open ◽

10.1093/bjsopen/zrab032.111 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

John Pascoe ◽

Paul Foster ◽

Muntasha Quddus ◽

Angeliki Kosti ◽

Francesca Guest ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Online Survey ◽

Cost Effective ◽

User Comments ◽

Surgical Trainees ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Online Access ◽

Education Platform

Abstract Introduction SMILE is a free online access medical education (FOAMEd) platform created by two UK surgical trainees and a medical student that delivered over 200 medical lectures during lockdown. Method The role of Social Media in the development of SMILE was interrogated using a survey sent to all SMILE participants and by analysing activity on SMILE social media platforms. Results 1306 students responded to the online survey with 57.2% saying they heard of SMILE through Facebook. Engagement using facebook remained highest with 13,819 members, over 800 user comments and >16,000 user reactions. 4% of the students heard of SMILE through Twitter or Instagram. Facebook analytics revealed the highest level of traffic when lectures were most commonly held suggesting students used Facebook to access lectures. Other educators were able to find SMILE on social media, leading to collaborations with other platforms. Throughout the survey many mentioned how social media created and maintained a community of medical students enhancing group-based learning Conclusions We demonstrate that social media platforms provide popular and cost-effective methods to promote, sustain & deliver medical education for students and educators.

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The Effectiveness of Social Media Use as a Supplement Media of Clinical Skills Lab Learning for Undergraduate Medical Students in Low- and Middle-Income Countries during COVID-19 (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.30677 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Zahira Noor Fathiyya ◽

Muhammad Reza Utama ◽

Yelvi Levani ◽

Yuli Wahyu Rahmawati

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Medical Students ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Learning Method ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Skills Lab

BACKGROUND Before COVID-19, it was recommended that medical education be conducted using the blended learning method in order to achieve an effective learning experience. However, it seems that distance learning is currently the best alternative to the previous learning method. Clinical skills lab activities, which are one of the learning methods in medical education, must adapt because they cannot be administered in-person. Social media has been proven giving a potential to supplement formal medical education for undergraduate student. OBJECTIVE This systematic review aims to examine the effectiveness of media social use as a supplement for clinical skills lab learning on undergraduate medical students in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS We designed a protocol for creating a systematic review on the effectiveness of social media as a supplement media in clinical skills lab learning for undergraduate medical students in LMIC during COVID-19. We will be extracting information from appropriate sources online obtained from journal websites’ databases guided by the PRISMA-S checklist in accordance with the research problem. The included sources include randomized controlled trials, systematic review, and meta-analysis published between 2020-2021. RESULTS This manuscript is still a protocol and has not been implemented. CONCLUSIONS In this systematic review, we will discuss the effectiveness of social media as a clinical skills lab learning for undergraduate medical students in LMIC during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Understanding Modern Learners, Technology, and Medical Education

Cases on Instructional Design and Performance Outcomes in Medical Education - Advances in Medical Education, Research, and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5092-2.ch001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Robin Bartoletti ◽

Kim Meyer

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

Instructional Design ◽

Instructional Technology ◽

Small Groups ◽

Generation Y ◽

Formal Education ◽

Next Generation ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Curricular Design

Clinicians and researchers are expected to educate the next generation of clinicians with little or no formal education on effective, modern instructional design. Clinicians and researchers are left to teach in the same way they were taught many years or decades ago. Medical education must adapt to meet the demands of the Generation Y student population that would benefit from the innovative use of instructional technology. This generation thrives in small groups, using social media, and has never known a world without Google. The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate innovative curricular design strategies using technology to leverage the skills and preferences that Generation Y brings to a medical classroom.

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