Goyal Aditi, Tanveer Nadeem, Sharma Pooja
Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
J Pathol Inform. 2017 Feb 28;8:6. doi: 10.4103/2153-3539.201111. eCollection 2017.
Postgraduate students spend a sizeable proportion of their time on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook. This change in our social interaction needs to be accommodated in our teaching methods. To engage them and arouse their curiosity, WhatsApp is an ideal platform. Digital photography by cell phone cameras has made it possible to share cases and discuss them with students round the clock.
The primary aim of the study was to develop sharing and discussion of images using WhatsApp. It also aimed at gathering feedback by means of a questionnaire from pathology residents about their views about the use of WhatsApp for teaching purpose.
A WhatsApp group by the name "Pathology on the Go" was created with the authors of this study as group administrators and all junior and senior resident doctors (69) as members. The group was used to discuss interesting cases, quiz questions, and other pathology-related academic issues. At the end of 4 weeks, a questionnaire was distributed among the members, and feedback was sought regarding their experience in the group.
Over a 4-week period, 16 cases were discussed with 647 posts. A total of 45 participants out of 69 were active participants, and they had an average of 14 posts over the 4-week period. Majority of the participants found the discussions very useful with minimal disruption of the daily routine.
There is a need to incorporate Web 2.0 tools such as WhatsApp in our teaching methods to capture as much screen time of the students as possible.
研究生将大量时间花在WhatsApp和Facebook等社交媒体平台上。我们的社交互动发生了这种变化，教学方法需要适应这一点。为了吸引他们并激发他们的好奇心，WhatsApp是一个理想的平台。手机摄像头的数码摄影使得能够全天候分享病例并与学生进行讨论。
该研究的主要目的是利用WhatsApp开展图像的分享和讨论。它还旨在通过问卷调查收集病理学住院医师对使用WhatsApp进行教学的看法的反馈。
创建了一个名为“随时病理学”的WhatsApp群组，本研究的作者担任群组管理员，所有初级和高级住院医生（共69人）为成员。该群组用于讨论有趣的病例、测验问题和其他病理学相关的学术问题。在4周结束时，向成员发放问卷，征求他们对在群组中的体验的反馈。
在4周的时间里，共讨论了16个病例，发布了647条帖子。69名参与者中有45名是活跃参与者，他们在4周内平均发布了14条帖子。大多数参与者认为这些讨论非常有用，对日常工作的干扰最小。
有必要在我们的教学方法中纳入WhatsApp等Web 2.0工具，以尽可能多地占据学生的屏幕时间。
