Opportunities and obstacles for providing medical education through social media
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Author(s)
Wilkinson, Aimee
Ashcroft, James
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2019-11-27
Date Acceptance
2019-08-19
Citation
JMIR, 2019, 5 (2)
ISSN
1438-8871
Publisher
JMIR Publications
Journal / Book Title
JMIR
Volume
5
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Aimee Wilkinson, James Ashcroft. Originally published in JMIR Medical Education (http://mededu.jmir.org), 21.11.2019. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Medical Education, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://mededu.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Subjects
Medical Informatics
08 Information and Computing Sciences
11 Medical and Health Sciences
17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e15297
Date Publish Online
2019-11-27