Department of Education and Research in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.
Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2023 Mar 31;30(1):171-176. doi: 10.26444/aaem/162219. Epub 2023 Mar 22.
Research to date indicates that student competencies in various dimensions of social media use vary depending on, for example, the field of study or stage of education. The aim of the study was assessment of social media literacy in a group of undergraduate nursing students, based on the year of study.
Respondents: 679 nursing students from 11 Polish medical universities who began or continued their education during the COVID-19 pandemic. First-year students (N = 397, 58.73%) and women (N = 589, 87.13%) constituted the largest group. The Perceived Social Media Literacy Scale was used. Statistical analysis used the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis-of-variance-by-ranks to analyse differences in PSML scores, and Dunn's test to analyse differences in PSML scores between individual years of study (α= 0.05).
The level of social media literacy between students differed significantly (p < 0.001). Students rated their technical competency the highest (H = 29.722, p < 0.001), social relationships (H = 20.946, p < 0.001) and informational awareness (H = 21.054, p < 0.001) the lowest. The lowest scores in the self-assessment of social media literacy were noted among first-year students (M = 55.85, Max = 70.0; p < 0.001), and the highest among second-year students (M = 60.99, Max = 70.0; p < 0.001).
Nursing students rated their competency lowest in the sphere related to verifying the content of messages appearing on social media, which may have a significant impact on their professional competencies. Differences in the level of social media literacy among students of different years of study should be taken into account when designing training in this field.
迄今为止的研究表明，学生在社交媒体使用的各个维度上的能力因学习领域或教育阶段等因素而异。本研究旨在根据学习年限评估一组本科护理学生的社交媒体素养。
研究对象为 11 所波兰医科大学的 679 名护理专业学生，他们在 COVID-19 大流行期间开始或继续接受教育。其中，一年级学生（N=397，58.73%）和女性（N=589，87.13%）构成了最大的群体。使用了感知社交媒体素养量表（PSML）。统计分析采用 Kruskal-Wallis 单向方差分析，秩检验分析 PSML 评分的差异，Dunn 检验分析不同学习年限 PSML 评分的差异（α=0.05）。
学生的社交媒体素养水平存在显著差异（p<0.001）。学生对技术能力的评价最高（H=29.722，p<0.001），对社会关系（H=20.946，p<0.001）和信息意识（H=21.054，p<0.001）的评价最低。在自我评估的社交媒体素养方面，一年级学生的得分最低（M=55.85，最高分=70.0；p<0.001），二年级学生的得分最高（M=60.99，最高分=70.0；p<0.001）。
护理学生对在社交媒体上出现的信息内容进行核实的能力评价最低，这可能对他们的专业能力产生重大影响。应考虑不同学习年限学生的社交媒体素养水平差异，在该领域的培训设计中加以考虑。
