Social media in knowledge translation and education for physicians and trainees: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The use of social media is rapidly changing how educational content is delivered and knowledge is translated for physicians and trainees. This scoping review aims to aggregate and report trends on how health professions educators harness the power of social media to engage physicians for the purposes of knowledge translation and education.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted by searching four databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and ERIC) for publications emerging between 1990 to March 2018. Articles about social media usage for teaching physicians or their trainees for the purposes of knowledge translation or education were included. Relevant themes and trends were extracted and mapped for visualization and reporting, primarily using the Cook, Bordage, and Sch

SUBMITTER: Chan TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012997 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature