Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada.
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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.
Using current research in medical education, motivation and the use of social media in higher education, we aim to show the ways Twitter may be used as a learning tool in medical education.
A literature search of several databases, online sources and blogs was carried out examining the use of Twitter in higher education.
We created 12 tips for using Twitter as a learning tool and organized them into: the mechanics of using Twitter, suggestions and evidence for incorporating Twitter into many medical education contexts, and promoting research into the use of Twitter in medical education.
Twitter is a relatively new social medium, and its use in higher education is in its infancy. With further research and thoughtful application of media literacy, Twitter is likely to become a useful adjunct for more personalized teaching and learning in medical education.
Twitter 是一种在线社交网络服务，可以通过任何具备互联网功能的设备访问。虽然其他社交网络网站是个人忏悔或个人时事的档案库，但 Twitter 的设计和使用目的是作为交流和分享想法的工具。出于这个原因，我们认为 Twitter 可能是将社交网络与医学教育整合的最佳选择。
利用医学教育、动机和社交媒体在高等教育中的当前研究，我们旨在展示 Twitter 如何在医学教育中用作学习工具。
对几个数据库、在线资源和博客进行了文献检索，以检查 Twitter 在高等教育中的使用情况。
我们创建了 12 条使用 Twitter 作为学习工具的提示，并将其组织成以下几个方面：使用 Twitter 的机制、将 Twitter 融入许多医学教育情境的建议和证据，以及促进对 Twitter 在医学教育中使用的研究。
Twitter 是一种相对较新的社交媒体，其在高等教育中的使用还处于起步阶段。随着对媒体素养的进一步研究和深思熟虑的应用，Twitter 很可能成为医学教育中更个性化教学和学习的有用辅助工具。
