Assessment of medical students' attitudes on social media use in medicine: A cross-sectional study Assessment and evaluation of admissions, knowledge, skills and attitudes

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Avci, Kadriye ^a   Çelikden, Sevda Gerek ^a   Eren, Semih ^a   Aydenizöz, Doʇukan ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medical education; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TURKEY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84925386323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0300-y     Document Type: Article

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