Department of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, United Kingdom.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2013 Feb 12;77(1):9. doi: 10.5688/ajpe7719.
Objective. To investigate students' use and views on social networking sites and assess differences in attitudes between genders and years in the program.Methods. All pharmacy undergraduate students were invited via e-mail to complete an electronic questionnaire consisting of 21 questions relating to social networking.Results. Most (91.8%) of the 377 respondents reported using social networking Web sites, with 98.6% using Facebook and 33.7% using Twitter. Female students were more likely than male students to agree that they had been made sufficiently aware of the professional behavior expected of them when using social networking sites (76.6% vs 58.1% p=0.002) and to agree that students should have the same professional standards whether on placement or using social networking sites (76.3% vs 61.6%; p<0.001).Conclusions. A high level of social networking use and potentially inappropriate attitudes towards professionalism were found among pharmacy students. Further training may be useful to ensure pharmacy students are aware of how to apply codes of conduct when using social networking sites.
目的。调查学生对社交网站的使用情况和看法,并评估性别和年级差异对态度的影响。
方法。通过电子邮件向所有药学本科生发出邀请,填写一份包含 21 个与社交网络相关问题的电子问卷。
结果。在 377 名应答者中,大多数(91.8%)报告使用了社交网站,其中 98.6%使用 Facebook,33.7%使用 Twitter。与男生相比,女生更有可能认为自己在使用社交网站时已经充分了解了职业行为规范(76.6%对 58.1%,p=0.002),并认为学生在实习或使用社交网站时应具有相同的职业标准(76.3%对 61.6%;p<0.001)。
结论。在药学学生中发现了高水平的社交网络使用和潜在的不专业态度。进一步的培训可能有助于确保药学学生了解如何在使用社交网站时应用行为准则。