Social Networking Addiction among Health Sciences Students in Oman

Masters, Ken

doi:10.18295/squmj.2015.15.03.009

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“…People "addicted" to the Internet and social media have been identified org/10.15694/mep.2017.000068 among medical students (Kuss & Griffiths 2011;Masters 2015). This obsessive behavior may have a negative impact on their personal and professional life, not to mention on their interpersonal relationships and the learning process.…”

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Integrative seminar: A teaching resource?

Roberti¹,

Ferreira²,

Moreira³

et al. 2017

MedEdPublish

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We propose to assess integrative seminar (IS) as a learning tool. In this descriptive quantitative study, 84 out of 107 (78%) first-year medical students from the Universidade Federal de Goiás responded to a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. The item "Integration with the community" received the highest score (3.3-3.6), demonstrating that IS deepened the relationship between students and the community. The positive assessments of the items "Preparation of a written essay" (3.3-3.5), "IS as a learning resource" (3.2-3.5), "Oral presentation," and "Interpersonal relationships" (3.1-3.4 in both) suggest that teacher guidance and adequate time for preparation enable IS use as a teaching-learning strategy that stimulates communication development and interpersonal relationships. The low scores for the items "Tool Moodle" (2.6-2.7) and "Assessment of preparation and seminar presentation" (2.7-3.0) suggest that the evaluation process and feedback preparation by teachers did not meet students' expectations. IS was well accepted by students. The high score for "Integration with the community" demonstrates the importance of shared learning, because it facilitates problem recognition and feedback to the community. However, the low score for "Tool Moodle" points out that this learning instrument needs adjustments to virtual learning environments based on the community.

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Integrative seminar: A teaching resource?

Roberti¹,

Ferreira²,

Moreira³

et al. 2017

MedEdPublish

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“…Facebook and other social 'network' platforms have potent secondary reinforcer properties [38,56,57]. They create craving because of the intermittent reinforcement schedule, triggered by the notification icon: we never know when it will appear [58].…”

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Pleasure junkies all around! Why it matters and why ‘the arts’ might be the answer: a biopsychological perspective

Christensen

2017

Proc. R. Soc. B.

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Today's society is pleasure seeking. We expect to obtain pleasurable experiences fast and easily. We are used to hyper-palatable foods and drinks, and we can get pornography, games and gadgets whenever we want them. The problem: with this type of pleasure-maximizing choice behaviour we may be turning ourselves into mindless pleasure junkies, handing over our free will for the next dopamine shoot. Pleasure-only activities are fun. In excess, however, such activities might have negative effects on our biopsychological health: they provoke a change in the neural mechanisms underlying choice behaviour. Choice behaviour becomes biased towards short-term pleasure-maximizing goals, just as in the addicted brain (modulated by the amygdala, posterior ventromedial prefrontal cortex' (VMPFC), striatum, nucleus accumbens; ‘A-system’) and away from long-term prosperity and general well-being maximizing objectives (normally ensured by the insula, anterior VMPFC, hippocampus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); ‘I-system‘). This paper outlines, first, what ‘pleasure’ is and what ‘pleasure-only’ activities are (e.g. social media engagement, hyper-palatable eating). Second, an account is given of the type of action that might aid to maintain the neural systems underlying choice behaviour balanced. Finally, it is proposed that engagement with the arts might be an activity with the potential to foster healthy choice behaviour—and not be just for pleasure. The evidence in this rather new field of research is still piecemeal and inconclusive. This review aims to motivate targeted research in this domain.

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“…Furthermore, the students questioned reported that using Facebook led to distraction, procrastination, and poor time‐management. Within healthcare students specifically, the use of social media has been shown to be complex with differing levels of use being highlighted for different social media sites (Masters, ), supporting the need for a more focused analysis of which sites influence learning (Andreassen et al, ; Griffiths, ; Andreassen and Palleson, ).…”

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Medical student use of Facebook to support preparation for anatomy assessments

Pickering

Bickerdike

2016

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The use of Facebook to support students is an emerging area of educational research. This study explored how a Facebook Page could support Year 2 medical (MBChB) students in preparation for summative anatomy assessments and alleviate test anxiety. Overall, Facebook analytics revealed that in total 49 (19.8% of entire cohort) students posted a comment in preparation for either the first (33 students) or second (34) summative anatomy assessments.18 students commented in preparation for both. In total, 155 comments were posted, with 83 for the first and 72 for the second. Of the 83 comments, 45 related to checking anatomical information, 30 were requiring assessment information and 8 wanted general course information. For the second assessment this was 52, 14 and 6, respectively. Student perceptions on usage, and impact on learning and assessment preparation were obtained via a five-point Likert-style questionnaire, with 119 students confirming they accessed the Page.Generally, students believed the Page was an effective way to support their learning, and provided information which supported their preparation with increases in perceived confidence and reductions in anxiety. There was no difference between gender, except for males who appeared to be significantly less likely to ask a question as they may be perceived to lack knowledge (P < 0.05). This study suggests that Facebook can play an important role in supporting students in preparation for anatomy assessments.

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Social Networking Addiction among Health Sciences Students in Oman

Cited by 44 publications

References 27 publications

Integrative seminar: A teaching resource?

Integrative seminar: A teaching resource?

Pleasure junkies all around! Why it matters and why ‘the arts’ might be the answer: a biopsychological perspective

Medical student use of Facebook to support preparation for anatomy assessments

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