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A Learner’s Perspective on Social Media Medical Education versus Traditional Medical Education
September 16, 2015 | By Damian Baalmann, M.D. (@dvb69339)Comment receiving replies
Thanks Damian - great piece. Really like the way you have divided the perspective into 4 lens. Be great to collaborate on some ongoing work...!
I'll pick you up on one point though. In the purpose of Medical Education you say, "From a learner’s perspective, it would seem that social media falls short in medical education in this regard". I'd argue against that. Just because the methodology isn't clearly apparent it doesn't mean it isn't there (St. Emlyns do amazing journal article reviews for example). I would also caution against believing that current medical education approaches teach critical analysis well - is there evidence for this?
Just a talking point really. Doesn't detract from a great piece!
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Thank you for your comments Damian. As a relatively new user of SoME and FOAMed, “Top 10 ways to reconcile social media and ‘traditional’ education in emergency care” was a great paper to dive into the topic.
I was more generalizing about social media medical education. I think there are definitely examples such as St. Emlyns. Great point that traditional medical education may not teach critical analysis well. I did a quick literature search and could find nothing to really support traditional medical education in this regard. Would be interesting to investigate further. Again, thank you for the comments!