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Social Media Use in Medical Education

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The authors conducted a systematic review of the published literature on social media use in medical education to answer two questions: (1) How have interventions using social media tools affected outcomes of satisfaction, knowledge, attitudes, and skills for physicians and physicians-in-training? and (2) What challenges and opportunities specific to social media have educators encountered in implementing these interventions?

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Assessing the Online Social Environment for Surveillance of Obesity Prevalence

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This article explores the relationship between online social environment via web-based social networks and population obesity prevalence.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

This work suggests the potential of the online social environment to be used in surveillance and prediction of obesity prevalence in populations across cities and neighborhoods.

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Identifying Gender-Preferred Communication Styles within Online Cancer Communities

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PLOS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

The goal of this research is to determine if different gender-preferred social styles can be observed within the user interactions at an online cancer community

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