Use and Views on Social Networking Sites of Pharmacy Students in the United Kingdom
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Objective. To investigate students' use and views on social networking sites and assess differences in attitudes between genders and years in the program.Methods. All pharmacy undergraduate students were invited via e-mail to complete an electronic questionnaire consisting of 21 questions relating to social networking.Results. Most (91.8%) of the 377 respondents reported using social networking Web sites, with 98.6% using Facebook and 33.7% using Twitter. Female students were more likely than male students to agree that they had been made sufficiently aware of the professional behavior expected of them when using social networking sites (76.6% vs 58.1% p=0.002) and to agree that students should have the same professional standards whether on placement or using social networking sites (76.3% vs 61.6%; p<0.001).Conclusions. A high level of social networking use and potentially inappropriate attitudes towards professionalism were found among pharmacy students. Further training may be useful to ensure pharmacy students are aware of how to apply codes of conduct when using social networking sites.
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Similar findings were confirmed for health science students who struggle with the concepts associated with professionalism.
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- Authors
- Hall, M., Hanna, L.-A., & Huey, G.
- Affiliations
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Venue
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9
- ISSN
- 0002-9459 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3578341
- OpenAlex
- W2002420741
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 14
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- FWCI
- 9.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Queen's University Belfast
- Queen's University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Keywords
- social networking sites, pharmacy students, intraocular pressure, coronary artery calcification, cardiovascular disease, subclinical atherosclerosis, glaucoma, cardiovascular risk factors
- MeSH terms
- Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Computers, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Social Responsibility, Students, Pharmacy, Chi-Square Distribution, Privacy, Professional Role, Social Networking, Social Media
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