The Use of Social Media in Interprofessional Education: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) activities into health care education is a challenge for many training programs owing to time and location constraints of both faculty and learners. The integration of social media into these IPE activities may provide a solution to these problems.

Objective

This review of the published literature aims to identify health care IPE activities using social media.

Methods

The authors searched 5 databases (from the beginning coverage date to May 27, 2017) using keywords related to IPE and social media. Teams of 2 authors independently reviewed the search results to identify peer-reviewed, English language papers reporting on IPE activities using social media. They assessed the study quality of identified pa

SUBMITTER: Rankin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329891 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature