Augmenting Flexnerism Via Twitterism: Need for Integrating Social Media Application in Blueprinting Pedagogical Strategies for Undergraduate Medical Education.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Flexnerism, or "competency-based medical education," advocates that formal analytic reasoning, the kind of rational thinking fundamental to the basic sciences, especially the natural sciences, should be the foundation of physicians' intellectual training. The complexity of 21st century health care requires rethinking of current (medical) educational paradigms. In this "Millennial Era," promulgation of the tenets of Flexnerism in undergraduate medical education requires a design and blueprint of innovative pedagogical strategies, as the targeted learners are millennials (designated as generation-Y medical students). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this proof-of-concept study was to identify the specific social media app platforms that are selectively preferred by generation-Y medical studen

SUBMITTER: Banerjee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6452274 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature