A perspective on retina education through social media
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ternational Journal of Retina and Vitreous Open Access
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A perspective on retina education through social media Ricardo Luz Leitão Guerra1,2*
Abstract Since the beginning of the Internet, new ways of providing medical education have emerged. Social media networks are one of the most influential communication tools and allow content sharing, collaborative modification and interaction. Its relevance for teaching and learning in medical education has been extensively studied. These new media have also heightened the need for a new way of communication. The purpose of this article is to discuss the value of communication in medical education through social media and present an eight-year personal experience on this field. Keywords: Social media, Education, Medical, Ophthalmology, Retina, Communication barriers Background The technological advancement over the last decade has caused an abrupt change in society [1, 2]. It has changed the way of buying, listening to music, ordering food, among others. This period, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, is evolving exponentially [2]. Speed is a major characteristic of this era and the possibilities of billions of people connected by high-performance smartphones are unlimited [2]. Since the beginning of the Internet, new ways of providing medical education have emerged. Research in this field has been evaluating these new methods for over two decades [3] and the applicability of e-learning in continuing medical education is well known [4]. Social media is one of the most influential communication tools and has reached worldwide [1]. It allows users to produce and share content without previous evaluations. The numbers are impressive: from a total of 7.7 billion people in the world, 3.8 billion use the Internet and 1.5 billion use short videos (stories) for daily communication [5]. *Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Clínica de Olhos Leitão Guerra, Rua Catharina Paraguaçú, n08, Graça, Salvador, Bahia 40.150‑200, Brazil Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
Ophthalmology is omnipresent on social media networks [6]. For example, the American Academy of Ophthalmology twitter account has more than 27.7 thousand followers (data from April 2020—https://twitter.com/ aao_ophth). Physicians’ social network accounts are generally used as a form of online presence, to initiate discussions and disseminate scientific research findings [6]. The purpose of this article is to discuss the value of communication in medical education through social media and present a personal experience on this field.
Overview of medical education through social media Social media platforms such as collaborative modification websites (Wikis), social networking sites, podcasts, blogs and microblogs, allow educational content sharing in an interactive environment [7]. Twitter, Facebook (FB), podcasts and blogs are described as the most frequently used platforms for medical education [7, 8]. Regarding education methods, Twitter, FB and blogs
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