Giordano Carolyn, Giordano Christine
Center for Collaborative Research, Thomas Jefferson University, 130 S 9th Street, Suite 722, Philadelphia, PA 19147, USA.
J Allied Health. 2011 Summer;40(2):78-81.
The internet is increasingly a part of everyday life by facilitating networking opportunities and offering ways to associate with others who have similar interests, values, or goals. An online survey was administered to 644 first-year students and 413 graduating students via Surveymonkey to investigate their media preferences, to gauge if they are active on social media sites, and to evaluate how they responded to advertisements. Students were in the following health professions: biotechnology, couple and family therapy, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, public health, radiologic and imaging sciences, and pharmacy. Results indicate that students prefer online media as their primary source of information. The majority of students were using Facebook, and very few were using Twitter or LinkedIn or other social networking sites. Understanding social media usage has several implications for educating, connecting with, and researching health professions students from all stages of their academic career.
互联网通过提供社交机会以及与兴趣、价值观或目标相似的人建立联系的方式，日益成为日常生活的一部分。通过SurveyMonkey对644名一年级学生和413名即将毕业的学生进行了一项在线调查，以调查他们的媒体偏好，衡量他们是否活跃于社交媒体网站，并评估他们对广告的反应。学生们来自以下健康专业：生物技术、夫妻与家庭治疗、医学、护理、职业治疗、物理治疗、公共卫生、放射与影像科学以及药学。结果表明，学生们更喜欢将在线媒体作为他们的主要信息来源。大多数学生使用脸书，很少有人使用推特、领英或其他社交网站。了解社交媒体的使用情况对于教育、联系以及研究处于学术生涯各个阶段的健康专业学生具有多方面的意义。
