Ravindran Rahul, Kashyap Mavin, Lilis Lydia, Vivekanantham Sayinthen, Phoenix Gokulan
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
Clin Teach. 2014 Jul;11(4):274-8. doi: 10.1111/tct.12139.
Social media is increasingly being used for teaching and assessment. We describe the design and implementation of a Facebook© teaching forum for medical students, and evaluate its effectiveness.
A Facebook© teaching forum was set up in a London Hospital to assist with learning and assessment for undergraduate medical students. An independent online survey was used to collate their experiences. Accessibility to the forum, usefulness in stimulating peer-to-peer discussion and the use of weekly formative assessments were evaluated using a Likert scale.
In total, 91 per cent (n=68/75) of students who had Facebook© joined the teaching forum. The majority of students completed the questionnaire (n=39/68, 57%). All students visited the teaching forum group at least once a week. A significant proportion attempted all 10 question sets (n=16/39, 41%). Students felt more comfortable asking questions in the forum than in ward rounds and clinics (n=22/39, 56%). The general consensus was that Facebook© could be used for educational purposes, with just 5 per cent of students (n=2/39) thinking that Facebook© should only be used socially and with 92 per cent believing that the forum helped to achieve the learning objectives of the curriculum (n=36/39).
Facebook© provides a safe environment for learning and discussion amongst medical undergraduates undergoing their clinical attachments. Furthermore, through formative assessments set by a medical educator, it provides a useful revision tool for summative assessments and reinforces knowledge learned through conventional teaching methods.
社交媒体越来越多地用于教学和评估。我们描述了一个面向医学生的Facebook©教学论坛的设计与实施，并评估其有效性。
在伦敦一家医院设立了一个Facebook©教学论坛，以协助本科医学生的学习和评估。通过一项独立的在线调查来整理他们的体验。使用李克特量表评估论坛的可访问性、激发 peer-to-peer 讨论的有用性以及每周形成性评估的使用情况。
共有91%（n = 68/75）拥有Facebook©的学生加入了教学论坛。大多数学生完成了问卷（n = 39/68，57%）。所有学生每周至少访问一次教学论坛群组。很大一部分学生尝试了所有10套问题（n = 16/39，41%）。学生们觉得在论坛上提问比在查房和诊所更自在（n = 22/39，56%）。普遍的共识是Facebook©可用于教育目的，只有5%的学生（n = 2/39）认为Facebook©只应用于社交，92%的学生认为该论坛有助于实现课程的学习目标（n = 36/39）。
Facebook©为正在进行临床实习的本科医学生提供了一个安全的学习和讨论环境。此外，通过医学教育工作者设置的形成性评估，它为总结性评估提供了一个有用的复习工具，并强化了通过传统教学方法学到的知识。
