Newall Nicola, Smith Brandon G, Burton Oliver, Chari Aswin, Kolias Angelos G, Hutchinson Peter J, Alamri Alexander, Uff Chris
School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Brainbook, London, United Kingdom.
World Neurosurg X. 2021 Mar 31;11:100103. doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2021.100103. eCollection 2021 Jul.
The increasing shift toward a more generalized medical undergraduate curriculum has led to limited exposure to subspecialties, including neurosurgery. The lack of standardized teaching may result in insufficient coverage of core learning outcomes. Social media (SoMe) in medical education are becoming an increasingly accepted and popular way for students to meet learning objectives outside formal medical school teaching. We delivered a series of case-based discussions (CbDs) over SoMe to attempt to meet core learning needs in neurosurgery and determine whether SoMe-based CbDs were an acceptable method of education.
Twitter was used as a medium to host 9 CbDs pertaining to common neurosurgical conditions in practice. A sequence of informative and interactive tweets were formulated before live CbDs and tweeted in progressive order. Demographic data and participant feedback were collected.
A total of 277 participants were recorded across 9 CbDs, with 654,584 impressions generated. Feedback responses were received from 135 participants (48.7%). Participants indicated an increase of 77% in their level of knowledge after participating. Of participants, 57% ( = 77) had previous CbD experience as part of traditional medical education, with 62% ( = 84) receiving a form of medical education previously through SoMe. All participants believed that the CbDs objectives were met and would attend future sessions. Of participants, 99% ( = 134) indicated that their expectations were met.
SoMe has been shown to be a favorable and feasible medium to host live, text-based interactive CbDs. SoMe is a useful tool for teaching undergraduate neurosurgery and is easily translatable to all domains of medicine and surgery.
医学本科课程日益向更广泛的方向转变，导致学生接触神经外科等亚专业的机会有限。缺乏标准化教学可能导致核心学习成果的覆盖不足。医学教育中的社交媒体正日益成为学生在正规医学院校教学之外实现学习目标的一种被广泛接受且受欢迎的方式。我们通过社交媒体开展了一系列基于病例的讨论（CbD），试图满足神经外科的核心学习需求，并确定基于社交媒体的CbD是否是一种可接受的教育方法。
使用推特作为媒介，举办了9场关于实践中常见神经外科病症的CbD。在直播CbD之前，编写了一系列信息丰富且具有互动性的推文，并按顺序发布。收集了人口统计学数据和参与者的反馈。
9场CbD共有277名参与者记录在案，产生了654,584次展示量。收到了135名参与者（48.7%）的反馈回复。参与者表示参与后知识水平提高了77%。在参与者中，57%（n = 77）曾有过作为传统医学教育一部分的CbD经历，62%（n = 84）此前通过社交媒体接受过某种形式的医学教育。所有参与者都认为CbD的目标得以实现，并会参加未来的课程。在参与者中，99%（n = 134）表示他们的期望得到了满足。
社交媒体已被证明是举办基于文本的实时互动CbD的有利且可行的媒介。社交媒体是教授本科神经外科的有用工具，并且易于应用于医学和外科的所有领域。
