在任何地方同时教导所有人:利用社交媒体实施多站点真菌诊断课程
Saman Nematollahi1, Sean Tackett2,3, Suzanne Grieb3,4
1Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Open forum infectious diseases
|December 13, 2023
概括
一个基于Twitter的课程改善了临床医生对侵入性真菌感染 (IFI) 和诊断的知识. 这种社交媒体方法有效地分享了教育内容,尽管存在一些实施障碍.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 医学诊断 医学诊断 医学诊断
背景情况:
- 环境真菌对健康构成重大风险.
- 侵入性真菌感染 (IFI) 需要通过体外诊断进行准确的诊断.
- 临床医生往往缺乏关于IFI诊断和解释的足够知识.
研究的目的:
- 设计和实施基于社交媒体的关于国际金融机构和诊断的教育课程.
- 评估基于Twitter的课程在改善临床医生的知识方面的有效性.
- 确定使用社交媒体用于医学教育的感知好处和障碍.
主要方法:
- 一个基于Twitter的多站点课程在8周内交付.
- 临床医生在课程前后进行了调查,采访了一小部分.
- 定量数据包括知识评估和推特分析; 采访的定性数据.
主要成果:
- 在课程后的知识评估中观察到正确答案的显著增加 (72%对80%,P = .005).
- 感知到的好处包括引人入胜的内容和专门的Twitter帐户;障碍包括意识和竞争优先级.
- 该推特账户获得了来自65个国家的1400名追随者,在教育帖子上有很高的参与率.
结论:
- 像Twitter这样的社交媒体平台可以成为向广大受众传播医学知识的有效工具.
- 实施社交媒体课程需要解决潜在的障碍,如意识和时间.
- 这种方法提供了一种可扩展的方法,以提高临床医生对IFI等关键健康主题的教育.
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