Digital Literacy in the Medical Curriculum: A Course With Social Media Tools and Gamification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The profession of practicing medicine is based on communication, and as social media and other digital technologies play a major role in today's communication, digital literacy must be included in the medical curriculum. The value of social media has been demonstrated several times in medicine and health care, therefore it is time to prepare medical students for the conditions they will have to face when they graduate.

Objective

The aim of our study was to design a new e-learning-based curriculum and test it with medical students.

Method

An elective course was designed to teach students how to use the Internet, with a special emphasis on social media. An e-learning platform was also made available and students could access material about using digital techn

SUBMITTER: Mesko B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041363 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature