Use of Social Media for Professional Development by Health Care Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey
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BACKGROUND: Social media can be used in health care settings to enhance professional networking and education; patient communication, care, and education; public health programs; organizational promotion; and research. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the use of social media networks for the purpose of professional development among health care professionals in Saudi Arabia using a purpose-designed Web-based survey. METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey was undertaken. A link to the survey was posted on the investigator's personal social media accounts including Twitter, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp. RESULTS: A total of 231 health care professionals, who are generally social media users, participated in the study. Of these professionals, 70.6% (163/231) use social media for their professional development. The social media applications most frequently used, in the descending order, for professional development were Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. The majority of respondents used social media for professional development irrespective of their age group, with the highest proportion seen in those aged 20-30 years. Social media were perceived as being most beneficial for professional development in terms of their impact on the domains of knowledge and problem solving and least helpful for enhancing clinical skills. Twitter was perceived as the most helpful type of social media for all domains listed. Respondents most frequently reported that social media were useful for professional development for the reasons of knowledge exchange and networking. CONCLUSIONS: Social media are frequently used by health care professionals in Saudi Arabia for the purposes of professional development, with Twitter most frequently used for this purpose. These findings suggest that social media networks can be powerful tools for engaging health care professionals in their professional development.
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Although there exist concerns about misuse of social media and violation of e-professionalism by health care professionals, social media can also be used constructively as a tool for professional development; as a means of accessing information, marketing practices and services, job opportunities; and as a means of sharing or adding opinions on issues of interest to health care professionals and o
“Although there exist concerns about misuse of SM and violation of e-professionalism by HCPs, SM can also be used constructively as a tool for professional development; as a means of accessing information, marketing practices and services, job opportunities; and as a means of sharing or adding opinions on issues of interest to HCPs and to other like-minded individuals online [44,187].”
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- Authors
- Alsobayel, H.
- Affiliations
- King Saud University (SA)
- Corresponding author
- Alsobayel, Hana
- ORCID
- Alsobayel, Hana
- Venue
- JMIR Medical Education
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Published
- 2016-09-12
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e15
- ISSN
- 2369-3762 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5053809
- OpenAlex
- W2520689564
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 13.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- JMIR Medical Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
- Keywords
- social media, professional development, healthcare workers, Twitter, LinkedIn, professional networking, continuing medical education, knowledge sharing, Saudi Arabia
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