Social Media Utilization and Its Impact on Male Medical Students' Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Salih, Karimeldin M. A.; Albaqami, Abdulelah A.; Jibo, Abubaker; Alfaifi, Jaber A.; Al Amri, Sultan A.; Alghamdi, Mushabab; Abbas, Mohammed; Ibrahim, Mutasim E.
Titel	Social Media Utilization and Its Impact on Male Medical Students' Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 23 (2022) 2, S.140-152, Artikel 10 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Salih, Karimeldin M. A.) ORCID (Albaqami, Abdulelah A.) ORCID (Jibo, Abubaker) ORCID (Alfaifi, Jaber A.) ORCID (Al Amri, Sultan A.) ORCID (Alghamdi, Mushabab) ORCID (Abbas, Mohammed) ORCID (Ibrahim, Mutasim E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Males; Medical Students; Foreign Countries; Social Media; Context Effect; Learning Processes; COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Attitudes; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Soziale Medien; Learning process; Lernprozess; Schülerverhalten; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	To assess the patterns of social media uses and their impact on the learning of male medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from March to May 2020 at the College of Medicine, University of Bisha (UBCOM) in Saudi Arabia. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data from the students at first year, pre-clerkship and clerkship levels about the types, patterns and benefits of social media usage in their learning. A five-Likert scale was used to measure the students' responses. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA tests were used for data analysis. Of the 203 students enrolled, 89.2% (n=181) were responded. Most students commonly used Twitter (75.1%), followed by YouTube (52.5%) and Facebook (24.3%). The highest usage of Twitter was found among clerkship students (85.1%) compared to first-year (76.2%) and pre-clerkship students (69.6%), with no significant differences (p = 0.133). About 38.7% of students spent over 10 hours per week on social media and pre-clerkship students being the highest group (43.5%). Most students (67.9%) showed that social media enhance learning activities, 65.2% are interested in using social media in their learning and 64.1% suggested that their inappropriate use consumes time. We concluded social media become interactive tools of learning in medical schools during the urgent situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Such findings highlighted the benefits of considering social media inclusion when designing medical curricula. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01