Influence of social media platforms in dental education and clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey among dental trainees and professionals.

Autor: Kurian N; Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, India., Varghese IA; Private Practitioner, Richmond, Texas, USA., Cherian JM; Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, India., Varghese VS; Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, India., Sabu AM; Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, India., Sharma P; Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, India., Varghese MG; Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of dental education [J Dent Educ] 2022 Aug; Vol. 86 (8), pp. 1036-1042. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 07.
DOI: 10.1002/jdd.12914
Abstrakt: Purpose/objectives: Social media platforms (SMPs) have become a popular portal for the acquisition and dissemination of dentistry-related information. The study aims to identify the pattern and influence SMPs for education and practice among dental trainees and professionals.
Method and Materials: A cross-sectional study involving dental trainees and clinical professionals was conducted based on a structured 20-item survey instrument among dental trainees and professionals. The validated questionnaire was circulated among six dental training institutions in India through the internet-based application Google form and achieved a response rate of 60%. The questionnaire focused on identifying the usage of social media in disseminating dentistry-related content. The data from responders were extracted, sorted, and analyzed for descriptive analysis of various factors.
Result: The survey revealed the most common SMP used for dentistry-related content as YouTube. The second most commonly used SMP was Facebook for professionals whereas it was Instagram for younger trainees. There was a highly significant difference between professionals and trainees concerning their sources of new information and the most commonly used SMP for dental education (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: There is a growing consensus among young dental trainees and professionals on SMPs being an effective open access knowledge center. The survey results call for the need for a scientific journal and dental schools to have verified pages in social media to act as flagbearers of evidence-based dental practices. The potentials of SMPs in providing open access information collection to wider viewership across the globe and being a digital archive in attractive audio-visual forms can be used to strengthen the conventional educational model and improvise clinical practice.
(© 2022 American Dental Education Association.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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