Author: Brian S McGowan, PhD

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Background: Twitter is an online social networking service, accessible from any Internet-capable device. While other social networking sites are online confessionals or portfolios of personal current events, Twitter is designed and used as a vehicle to converse and share ideas. For this reason, we believe that Twitter may be the most likely candidate for integrating social networking with medical education.

via Twelve tips for using Twitter as a learning tool i… [Med Teach. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI.

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PURPOSE:
To examine attitudes, self-reported behaviors, and intended actions related to medical students’ use of online social media after an educational intervention.

via “Being the Best We Can Be”: Medical Students’ Refle… [Acad Med. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI.

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The penetration of social media into modern society has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon. Social media use widely accessible Web-based and mobile technologies to facilitate the creation and sharing of user-generated content in a collaborative and social manner. The uptake of social media in medicine provides new opportunities for health care professionals and institutions to interact with patients and other professionals. Oncologists may use social media as a platform for patient education and authoritative health messaging, for professional development and knowledge sharing, and for direct patient interaction, although this may be fraught with important legal and privacy concerns.

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Nephrology ranks next to last in career choices among US medical school graduates. The American Society of Nephrology established a Workforce Committee to help address this issue. Surveys of US medical students indicate that experiences during kidney pathophysiology courses in the preclerkship years may impact their decision to consider a career in nephrology. In October of 2011, preclinical kidney physiology and pathophysiology course directors at US medical schools were surveyed about teaching methods, curricular content, resources, and institutional support for teaching to identify what worked well and what impairs their teaching efforts.

via Lessons Learned from the ASN Renal Edu… [Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI.