Latif Muhammad Zahid, Hussain Intzar, Saeed Rizwan, Qureshi Muhammad Atif, Maqsood Umer
Department of Community Medicine & Medical Education Azra Naheed Medical College, the Superior University Lahore.
Department of Ophthalmology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences Lahore, Pakistan.
Acta Inform Med. 2019 Jun;27(2):133-138. doi: 10.5455/aim.2019.27.133-138.
The technological advancements have transformed the society into a global forum influencing the educational processes and learning environments. Medical education is no exemption with an increasing trend to use the social media and smart phones for teaching and learning. Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube and Edmodo are the platforms promoting collaborative learning, improved communication and knowledge sharing.
This study aims to review the use of smart phones and social media in the context of medical education. It reviews the usage of smart phone and social medical applications including Facebook, WhatsApp and Edmodo for teaching and learning in medical education.
The use of personal smartphones for teaching and learning among medical community is highly prevalent and increasing day by day. Medical students use the mobile application for online textbooks (70%), medical podcasts (60%), medical calculator (75%), online lecture (50%) and notes taking (45%). Relevant studies conclude that the majority of students use smart phones for education (62.7%), communication (81.7%) and recreation (82.5%). Social media has a great potential in educational setting and provide students a chance to involve, share and express knowledge and information with each other. Facebook, WhatsApp and Edmodo are the commonly used applications having multiple benefits like collaboration, feedback and engagement but negative aspects including addiction, distraction and maintenance of privacy have also been found.
The review article concludes that social media is a powerful instrument for social interactions and is also used as a tool for teaching and learning. The integration of social media with traditional class teaching in medical education has clear advantages but there is a debate about the probable disadvantages as well.
技术进步已将社会转变为一个影响教育过程和学习环境的全球论坛。医学教育也不例外，使用社交媒体和智能手机进行教学的趋势日益增加。脸书、WhatsApp、照片墙、YouTube和Edmodo是促进协作学习、改善沟通和知识共享的平台。
本研究旨在回顾智能手机和社交媒体在医学教育背景下的使用情况。它回顾了智能手机和社交医学应用程序（包括脸书、WhatsApp和Edmodo）在医学教育教学中的使用情况。
在医学界，使用个人智能手机进行教学的情况非常普遍，且日益增多。医学生使用移动应用程序来获取在线教科书（70%）、医学播客（60%）、医学计算器（75%）、在线讲座（50%）和做笔记（45%）。相关研究得出结论，大多数学生使用智能手机进行教育（62.7%）、交流（81.7%）和娱乐（82.5%）。社交媒体在教育环境中具有巨大潜力，为学生提供了相互参与、分享和表达知识与信息的机会。脸书、WhatsApp和Edmodo是常用的应用程序，具有协作、反馈和参与等多种益处，但也发现了包括成瘾、分心和隐私维护等负面问题。
这篇综述文章得出结论，社交媒体是社交互动的有力工具，也被用作教学工具。在医学教育中将社交媒体与传统课堂教学相结合具有明显优势，但对于可能存在的劣势也存在争议。
