a KSU Chair for Medical Education Research and Development, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine , King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
b Medical Education Development and Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine , University of Colombo , Colombo , Sri Lanka.
Med Teach. 2018 Sep;40(sup1):S77-S82. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1465536. Epub 2018 May 6.
There are concerns that the use of social media (SM) among medical students could affect academic performance. The objectives of the study were to investigate the pattern and reasons for SM use and their association with academic performance.
A stratified random sample, frequency distribution and comparison of categorical variables with Chi-square and Fisher exact tests were used.
Of the 97% who responded, 98% used SM. The most popular were Whatsapp (87.8%), You tube (60.8%) and Twitter (51.8%) for general use; while You tube (83.5%), Whatsapp (35.5%) and Twitter (35.3%) for learning. For general use, there was a significant higher number of visits to You tube and Facebook among male students, while the reverse was true for Instagram and Path. Around 71% visited SM >4 times/day and 55% spent 1-4 hours/day. The main reasons for SM use were entertainment (95.8%), staying up-to-date with news (88.3%), and socializing (85.5%); for academic studies (40%). There was no significant association between Grade Point Average and the frequency of daily SM use or use during lectures.
While almost all the students used SM, only a minority used them for academic purposes. SM use was not associated with academic performance.
人们担心医学生使用社交媒体（SM）可能会影响学业成绩。本研究的目的是调查 SM 使用的模式和原因及其与学业成绩的关系。
采用分层随机抽样、频率分布和卡方检验及 Fisher 确切概率法比较分类变量。
在 97%应答的学生中，98%使用 SM。最受欢迎的是 Whatsapp（87.8%）、You tube（60.8%）和 Twitter（51.8%）用于一般用途；而用于学习的则是 You tube（83.5%）、Whatsapp（35.5%）和 Twitter（35.3%）。对于一般用途，男生访问 You tube 和 Facebook 的次数明显较多，而 Instagram 和 Path 则相反。大约 71%的人每天访问 SM>4 次，55%的人每天花费 1-4 小时。使用 SM 的主要原因是娱乐（95.8%）、跟上新闻（88.3%）和社交（85.5%）；用于学习的仅占 40%。平均绩点与每日 SM 使用频率或上课时使用频率之间无显著相关性。
尽管几乎所有学生都使用 SM，但只有少数人将其用于学术目的。SM 使用与学业成绩无关。
