Medical students' perceptions of integrating social media into a narrative medicine programme for 5th-year clerkship in Taiwan: a descriptive qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing demands in integrating digital pedagogies in learning (e.g., social media) contribute to disrupting many fields, including the medical humanities education. However, the strengths and barriers behind social media and medical humanities context are blurred and contradictive. We examined the perceptions of integrating social media - Facebook - into a narrative medicine (NM) programme for 5th -year clerkship in Taiwan.

Methods

We used purposive sampling to recruit participants. Sixteen medical students (Female/Male: 7/9) participated in four group interviews. Semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted to explore students' perceptions and experiences of the social media integrated into the NM programme. We analysed the data using a descriptive t

SUBMITTER: Mauludina YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10949758 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature