Survey of Social Media Use for Surgical Education During Covid-19.
JSLS
; 24(4)2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1090243
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the use of social media platforms by medical students, surgical trainees, and practicing surgeons for surgical education during the Covid-19 pandemic.METHODS:
An online, 15-question survey was developed and posted on Facebook and WhatsApp closed surgeon groups.RESULTS:
The online survey was completed by 219 participants from South America (87%), North America (7%), Europe (5%), Central America, and Asia. Respondents included medical students (6.4%), surgical residents/fellows (24.2%), and practicing surgeons (69.4%). The most common age group was 35-44 years. When asked which social media platforms they preferred, the video sharing site YouTube (33.3%), the messaging app WhatsApp (21%), and "other" (including videoconferencing sites) (22.3%) were most popular. Respondents reported using social media for surgical education either daily (38.4%) or weekly (45.2%), for an average of 1-5 hours/week. Most (85%) opined that surgical conferences that were cancelled during the pandemic should be made available online, with live discussions.CONCLUSION:
Social media use for surgical education during Covid-19 appears to be increasing and evolving.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
General Surgery
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Education, Distance
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Education, Medical
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Social Media
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
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Europa
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jsls.2020.00072
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