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Usage of social media as an education resource among medical students at Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

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dc.contributor.author Dasanayaka, I.P.E.U.
dc.contributor.author Wickramaarachchi, G.K.
dc.contributor.author Hettiarachchi, W.G.
dc.contributor.author Hettige, S.
dc.contributor.author Ediriweera, E.P.D.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-07T09:40:04Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-07T09:40:04Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Sri Lanka Medical Association, 132nd Anniversary International Medical Congress. 2019; 114. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0009-0895
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/21718
dc.description Poster Presentation Abstract (PP122), 132nd Anniversary International Medical Congress, Sri Lanka Medical Association, 24-27 July 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.description.abstract INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Social media (SM) networks has become a popular educational tool at present. There is limited data in Sri Lanka on SM usage as an educational tool. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usage of SM for academic purposes among medical students of faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya. METHODS: Stratified sampling with proportional allocation was used to select students from each batch and 287 students were recruited from 1st to 5th year. Informed written consent was obtained and a self-administered questionnaire was given. 255 completed questionnaires were returned. RESULTS: Of 255, 86.95% students used SM for educational purposes with no male and female difference (P=0.06). 90.6%, 61.6% and 56.1% accessed Facebook, Google + and YouTube respectively. Of them, 67.1%, 44.7% and 33.9% respectively accessed them daily for academic purposes respectively. 84.2% students followed medical related web sites through SM. 84.5% had joined educational groups in SM and 44.9% had joined academic discussions or information sharing groups in other local and foreign universities. 43.3% could not find information that they want due to information overload and 38.1% mentioned that SM disturbed their academic work. CONCLUSION: Majority had used SM for educational purposes without gender preference. Facebook, Google+ and YouTube are the commonest SM educational tools and majority had joined educational groups. SM had disturbed academic work of students and difficulty to find correct information was major concern among students. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Medical Association en_US
dc.subject social media en_US
dc.title Usage of social media as an education resource among medical students at Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya en_US
dc.type Conference Abstract en_US


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