Social Media Use and Educational Preferences Among First-Year Pharmacy Students

Abstract

Selectively targeting social media for educational integration and instructing pharmacy students how to employ a subset of these tools may be useful in engaging them and encouraging lifelong learning.

A Historical Perspective on Student Affairs Professionals’ Use of Digital Technology

“…Since 2005, the academy has been gradually adopting digital technology tools, at first primarily in its business operations and communications infrastructure (Bowen, ). This slow adoption matched other professions, such as the medical field; researchers cited difficulty with organizational change as the reason for its moderate pace (Clauson, Singh‐Fanco, Sircar‐Ramsewak, Joseph, & Sandars, ). Despite college students’ growing demands in the digital age, higher education leaders have not generally mirrored the speed and flexibility in digital technology adoption that has been demonstrated by leaders in agriculture and business (Johnson, Adams‐Becker, Estrada, & Freeman, ).…”

Scholarly Sharing via Twitter: #icanhazpdf Requests for Health Sciences Literature

“…Studies report Twitter usage rates of less than 10% among pharmacy preceptors [14], undergraduate pharmacy students [15], and new graduate nurses [16]. Although originally envisioned for users without institutional library access, #icanhazpdf requests from user groups such as journalists, patient organizations, and patients were limited (n027).…”

Kann Wikipedia unser Fachwissen bereichern?

“…Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) kommt dabei eine immer größere Bedeutung sowohl für medizinische Laien als auch für medizinisches Fachpersonal zu. Besonders unter jungen Assistenzärzten und Studenten der Humanmedizin gilt Wikipedia als eine Quelle zur schnellen und effektiven Informationsgewinnung im klinischen Alltag und im Rahmen von E-Learning [2][3][4][5]. Nach der englischen und niederländischen ist die deutsche mit über 1,6 Millionen Artikeln die drittgrößte Wikipedia [6].…”