Pharmacy and medical students' attitudes and perspectives on social media usage and e-professionalism in United Arab Emirates

Hussain, Sahar; Hussain, Sara; Khalil, Marwa M; Salam, Sabeena; Hussain, Kosar

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2020.02.017

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“…Ichikawa et al, 2020; Tolsgaard et al, 2020; Sreedharan and Varghese, 2020). Exemplars of work published in this area include Emami et al (2021) who employ integrated simulation teaching practices with humanities disciplines to help increase effective communication skills in oncology fellows; Hussain et al (2021) who examine the attitudes and perceptions of United Arab Emirates medical and pharmacy students with regard to social media and e-professionalism; O’Connor et al (2021) who investigate the application of immersive 3D technology to help radiology students develop clinical skills and Curtis et al (2021) who develop an interdisciplinary clerkship for fourth-year medical students to help address knowledge gaps in clinical and professional skills and curricula. Other published work includes Perignat and Katz-Buonincontro (2019) who complete a literature review of integrated arts education within more technical disciplines and reveal a lack of curricular connectedness; Liu and Yi (2017) who examine the perception of insignificance in humanities education and Varlotta (2018) who discusses the need for systemic university changes in an effort to help liberal arts education face 21st century challenges.…”

Section: Results For He Curriculum Developmentmentioning

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Curriculum development in the higher education literature: A synthesis focusing on construction management programmes

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Edwards

Roberts

et al. 2021

Industry and Higher Education

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This research first contextualises curriculum development in higher education institutions (HEIs) before focusing specifically on construction management programmes in order to engender wider polemic discourse and new insights into current provisions. The overarching epistemology adopts both interpretivist and pragmatist philosophical stances, couched within inductive reasoning, to critically analyse extant literature as a secondary data source, with each publication representing a unit of analysis. Thematic groupings of research activity are then clustered and interconnections between researchers and research themes are identified using bibliometrics. The findings illustrate that while curriculum development in HEIs has received increasing scrutiny and attention, there is a notable lack of connectivity among the studies conducted. This lack of a cohesive body of knowledge is exacerbated by the prevailing academic notion of ‘individualism and self’ vis-a-vis the ‘collective team’. This leads to an emergent working hypothesis, namely, that bespoke curriculum development occurs within an ‘every person for themselves’ mentality. Cumulatively, these issues reported upon serve to illustrate a fundamental absence of a clear agenda for curriculum development in construction management programmes. In turn, this finding underscores the urgent need for a more prominent collaborative and global community of practice to optimise future educational provisions.

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Curriculum development in the higher education literature: A synthesis focusing on construction management programmes

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“…This finding is also supported by numerous studies [5,8,10,21,22,[33][34][35][36][37][38] which emphasized the importance of structured education and the implementation of guidelines on the professional usage of social media among healthcare students and professionals. In the Arab and Middle Eastern region, studies on healthcare students also supported the need to develop clear guidelines delineating the safe and professional use of social media by future healthcare providers [32,[39][40][41].…”

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Future healthcare providers and professionalism on social media: a cross-sectional study

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Background Nowadays, social media have become central in the daily lives of people, including healthcare professionals. Fears arise that the accelerated growth of these social platforms was not accompanied by the appropriate training of the healthcare students and workers on the professional use of social media. This study primarily aimed to assess the awareness of the healthcare students at Beirut Arab University, Lebanon on the professional standards of social media. It also aimed to assess the presence of differences in the practices and attitudes of healthcare students according to gender and major. Methods A cross-sectional study was designed, and a paper-based questionnaire was distributed to healthcare students. Chi-Square test was used to analyse certain findings. Results Out of 1800 students approached, 496 participated in the questionnaire. All participants used social media. Only 19.5% (96/496) of them had received a structured education on the professional use of social media during their university study. The majority of students (349/488, 71.5%) thought that the professional standards on social media are distinct from those established in face-to-face interactions. Female students were more likely to get adequate answers in accordance with international guidelines. There were statistically significant differences in the practices and attitudes of students belonging to different majors (p value < 0.05). Conclusion The line between what is professional on social media, and what is not, remains blurred for healthcare students. This study uncovered the need for clear and updated evidence-based guidelines assisting students in making the most appropriate decisions in the various online scenarios faced in healthcare practice.

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“…It is important to note that the lack of attention to professionalism is associated with unethical and unprofessional behaviors in the social media space. [ 32 ]…”

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Testing adaptation and psychometric properties of survey instrument for students' perspectives on e-professionalism and social media in Iranian students

Mosalanejad

Abdollahifard

2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: The use of social networks in the field of education has also accelerated and has become a powerful source of learning for transformation and empowerment in various fields. This study aimed to test the adaptation and psychometric properties of an instrument for students' prospective on e-professionalism in the use of social media in Iranian medical science students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this questionnaire, with the aim of psychometric properties of the perception toward social media in Iranian students, this survey instrument developed by (Ness et al.) in five fields in 2nd-year pharmacology students in Purdue University The fields include accountability, hiring decisions, profile editing, professionalism, and privacy settings. In this study, first, a cultural adaptation was done by an expert panel. Then, psychometric properties of an instrument by content validity and construct validity using explanatory factor analysis were performed. Reliability was assessed by test–retest and internal consistency of items. The reliability of the survey instrument with three factors was 0.82 using the test–retest, and the internal consistency was good (r = 0.94). RESULTS: The result of psychometric properties using the principal component method extracted three factors (accountability, hiring decision, and professionalism) to assessment of students' attitude to professionalism using social media in Iranian students. CONCLUSION: The adapted and psychometric properties of the instrument developed by Ness et al., 2013, with three dimensions and ten items proved to be a valid, reliable instrument for use for assessing perspectives on e-professionalism and social media in Iranian medical students. This questioner may be suitable for Iranian researches in medical education.

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Pharmacy and medical students' attitudes and perspectives on social media usage and e-professionalism in United Arab Emirates

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Curriculum development in the higher education literature: A synthesis focusing on construction management programmes

Curriculum development in the higher education literature: A synthesis focusing on construction management programmes

Future healthcare providers and professionalism on social media: a cross-sectional study

Testing adaptation and psychometric properties of survey instrument for students' perspectives on e-professionalism and social media in Iranian students

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