St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
BMC Med Educ. 2021 Jan 14;21(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02440-7.
As part of the modern generation of medical students and prospective future doctors of the United Kingdom's Nation Health Service (NHS), we have grown up in an age where smartphones and instant messaging applications (IMAs) are ubiquitous across all aspects of society. With IMAs being so familiar, we recognise their scope for facilitating our learning of the pre-registration syllabus and how their practical nature could potentially revolutionise healthcare worldwide. It is, therefore, rational to further investigate the benefits of incorporating such technology into these respective settings. In this article, we will further expand on some of the advantages highlighted by E. Colman & E. O'Connor that IMAs, particularly WhatsApp, have in the academic environment which resonate with us. We illustrate our views on IMAs being incorporated into health systems globally through exemplifying the NHS, using reviewed literature.
作为英国国民保健制度（NHS）的新一代医学学生和未来医生，我们成长在一个智能手机和即时通讯应用程序（IMAs）无处不在的时代，这些应用程序在社会的各个方面都非常普及。由于我们非常熟悉 IMA，因此我们认识到它们在促进我们学习预注册教学大纲方面的作用，以及它们的实际应用如何可能彻底改变全球医疗保健行业。因此，有必要进一步研究将这种技术纳入这些特定环境中的好处。在本文中，我们将进一步扩展 E. Colman 和 E. O'Connor 强调的一些优势，即 IMA（特别是 WhatsApp）在学术环境中的优势，这些优势与我们产生了共鸣。我们通过 NHS 举例说明了 IMA 如何被整合到全球医疗系统中，使用了已审查的文献。
