The use of social media to supplement resident medical education – the SMART-ME initiative

Bibliographic Data

ID15328333
AuthorsPanagis Galiatsatos (0000-0002-7752-3841, Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, corresponding author), Fernanda Porto-Carreiro (Johns Hopkins Medicine), Jennifer Hayashi (Johns Hopkins University), Sammy Zakaria (0000-0002-1054-4410, Johns Hopkins University), Colleen Christmas (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Year2016
Volume21
Issue1
Pages29332-29332
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Education Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-2981 • E-ISSN: 1087-2981
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3402/meo.v21.29332
PMID26750511
OpenAlexW2230617579
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited15

Residents believe social media could be used for medical education. After we launched a Twitter page for medical education, there was a significant increase in the use and frequency of Twitter for resident medical education over the ensuing 6 months. Further research should be performed to see if social media can impact overall medical knowledge and patient care, and whether longer term use is maintained

Academic year · Family medicine · Likert scale · Medical education · Scale (ratio · Social media · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media in Health Education · Web and Library Services

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