The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: The use of social media has evolved from platforms designed primarily for social connection and news sharing to include vibrant virtual academic environments. These platforms allow pathologists from across the globe to interact, exchange knowledge, and collaborate. Pathology in Nigeria, as in much of Africa, faces severe knowledge and practice gaps, with a lack of supporting modern laboratory infrastructure. Social media represents a potentially highly valuable avenue to help address some of these deficiencies. In this Perspective piece, we highlight our experience with the increasing role of social media in providing quality medical education in pathology globally, with an emphasis on how it bridges many of these gaps in Nigeria. Social media sites serve as sources of readily accessible,

SUBMITTER: Folaranmi OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203859 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature