Junior physician's use of Web 2.0 for information seeking and medical education: A qualitative study

Social media and Internet usage of orthopaedic surgeons

“…21 Similar problems may be encountered with traditional websites, however, social media tools allow people to download information, regardless of who the user and what the quality of the information is, resulting in its rapid dissemination online. 22 Despite the potential negative and harmful effects of inaccurate information or content shared online, patients will always have demands to communicate with their physicians to obtain information about or seek solutions to their diseases using social media tools.…”

Wikipedia as Informal Self-Education for Clinical Decision-Making in Medical Practice

“…Despite admonitions from universities and elsewhere regarding the accuracy and reliability of Wikipedia, studies show that 50-70% of practising and 70% of junior physicians use it as a medical information source [39,45]. It goes almost without saying that a major attraction of Wikipedia is the fact that one can find there material on just about anything and this is equally true in topics in healthcare.…”

Taking Constructivism One Step Further: Post Hoc Analysis of a Student-Created Wiki (Preprint)

“…Web 2.0 tools, and wikis have become very common not only among medical students but also among physicians. One U.K. survey found that over 80% of junior physicians used Web 2.0 tools for professional purposes, with wikis being by far the most common [5].…”