Social media in health professional education: a student perspective on user levels and prospective applications

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 687-697

  Maloney, Stephen ^a   Moss, Alan ^a   Ilic, Dragan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Communication; eLearning; Pedagogy; Social media; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911983365     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-014-9495-7     Document Type: Article

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