WEB 2.0: THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN POST- QUALIFICATION TRAINING IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Polly Long, Chris Barlow, and Sean Lancastle Southampton Solent University

Iain Beardsell and Michael Kiuber
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
UK

This study assessed the use and access of social media by junior doctors taking part in a blended training programme in Emergency Medicine. Results showed that a majority of the subjects used a laptop (51%) with a home Internet connection (46%) to access web resources. Subjects' engagement with the sites was varied, with those who did not use Twitter socially reluctant to engage with it. Though usage was higher, time constraints and the asynchronous nature of the interaction prevented rapid responses to student queries using Facebook. Students indicated a preference for quick access resources such as Wikipedia for information sources.

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