What is it about?
The majority of students checked one of the social media for entertainment and to stay up-to-date with news. only a minority used them for academic purposes. While at a lecture (72%) checked the media many times; this is probably a reflection of dissatisfaction with lectures.
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Why is it important?
A study exploring more objectively the relationship between students’ use of social media with their academic achievements and what sort of social media interventions associated with better learning are probably needed. Such knowledge may be useful to guide medical educators to better utilize social media in their instructional strategies.
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Conducting this research was a pleasure as the idea came form discussion with young medical students who collaborated to make this study possible. It led to better understand students' behaviour.
eiad alfaris
King Saud University
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This page is a summary of: The pattern of social media use and its association with academic performance among medical students, Medical Teacher, May 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2018.1465536.
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