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A narrative synthesis on healthcare students use and understanding of social media: Implications for practice

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Ramage, Colin, Moorley, Calvin·2019·Nurse Education Today
DOI 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.03.010
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Objectives The aim of this review was to explore healthcare students' professional and personal use and understanding of social media.Design and data sources A comprehensive search was performed in October 2017 using CIHAHL, Academic Search Complete, Education Search Complete, ERIC, MEDLINE and British Education Index. A further search was completed in February 2018 including Google Scholar.Review methods A summary table was used to organise data by author, year, type of study, methods, findings, limitations, recommendations and additional comments. Qualitative findings were organised into related themes and these were reviewed and discussed amongst the authors to confirm their relevance.Results The prevalent themes that emerged were; understanding social media, perceptions of professional & safe social media use, positive aspects of social media and factors influencing social media usage.Conclusions Social media is predominately used by students to communicate with peers and to access course related information. It can provide a collaborative environment which allows engagement and promotion of the nursing profession. Student nurses are generally aware of what constitutes safe and professional social media usage but there remains a need for additional training on how students should navigate the online world as there remains a significant risk of unprofessional behaviours.

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  • Some studies on healthcare students, mostly in Western and Westernized countries, showed the importance of implementing guidelines on professional social media use, but a limited number of studies targeted all categories of healthcare students.

    “Some studies on healthcare students [21, 22], the majority of which done in Western and Westernized countries, showed the importance of implementing guidelines on the professional use of social media, but a limited number of studies [23–25] targeted all categories of healthcare students.”

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  1. Greysen, S.R., Kind, T. and Chretien, K.C. (2010) Online professionalism and the mirror of social media, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(11), pp.1227-1229.
  2. Osman, A., Wardle, A. and Caesar, R. (2012) Online professionalism and Facebook – Falling through the generation gap, Medical Teacher, 34 pp.549-556.

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Authors
Ramage, C., & Moorley, C.
Affiliations
London South Bank University (GB)
Corresponding author
Ramage, Colin
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Venue
Nurse Education Today
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-06
Volume
77
Pages
40-52
ISSN
0260-6917 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.nedt.2019.03.010
OpenAlex
W2934383969
Cited by
15
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3
FWCI
0.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nurse Education Today (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Open (London South Bank University) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Open (London South Bank University) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
Keywords
social media, health professions students, nursing students, professional use of social media, online safety, professional conduct, peer-to-peer communication, cooperative learning, nursing education, social media training
MeSH terms
Delivery of Health Care, Education, Professional, Humans, Students, Narration, Social Media

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