A wide range of social media tools has become readily available in recent years, to the extent that the use of Facebook in particular is perceived as “second nature” by many students. There is increasing interest in the possibilities of using this social media services for medical education – blogs, wikis, Twitter and Facebook.This UK study included a self-administered questionnaire survey of 212 first year medical students.Over 90% used instant messaging. Social networking sites were also highly used – by 70%.
As part of its campaign to help Texas physicians survive and thrive in the new health care environment, America’s largest state medical society Thursday educated 4,200 Texas physicians and medical students on the details of the new health reform law. (Source: News_Room)
(Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) Simulating medical scenarios helps medical students learn and retain vital information, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health)
(Durham University) A new way of assessing professionalism among medical students could help to make better doctors, a new research study suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science)
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s curriculum stresses less-traditional topics of error reduction and resource management. (Source: American Medical News)
Med School postpones major curriculum overhaul Minnesota Daily, MN Second-year medical student Hannah Shacter said historically she had been frustrated with the idea of MED2010 because she felt all suggestions and criticisms of the curriculum were being held off for the major changes, which would come too late to …
A Taiwanese medical school has taken the practice of commemorating cadavers to unusual levels, spurring a surge in donations. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
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