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MANUSCRIPT: Correlates of health-related social media use among adults

BACKGROUND: Sixty percent of Internet users report using the Internet to look for health information. Social media sites are emerging as a potential source for online health information. However, little is known about how people use social media for such purposes. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to establish the

Posted on 1 Jul 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Manuscript, Patient Education, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: Confronting complexity: medical education, social theory and the ‘fate of our times’

If we were to paint a canvas reflecting what is capturing our imaginations as medical education researchers, we would use rich, bold colours and overlapping strokes to convey our deep and diverse investment in developingways to train clinicians to provide effective and compassionate care. We would then paint thick black lines across the canvas to represent how these efforts are

Posted on 24 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: An exploratory study of the potential learning benefits for medical students in collaborative drawing: creativity, reflection and ‘critical looking’.

BACKGROUND: Building on a series of higher educational arts/medicine initiatives, an interdisciplinary drawing module themed on the human body was developed for both year 3 Craft students and year 3 Medicine degree students. This became the subject of a research project exploring how the collaborative approach to drawing adopted on this

Posted on 24 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Online Learning, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: Identifying Measures Used for Assessing Quality of YouTube Videos with Patient Health Information: A Review of Current Literature.

BACKGROUND: Recent publications on YouTube have advocated its potential for patient education. However, a reliable description of what could be considered quality information for patient education on YouTube is missing. OBJECTIVE: To identify topics associated with the concept of quality information for patient education on YouTube in the scientific literature. METHODS: A literature review was

Posted on 20 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Manuscript, Online Learning, Patient Education, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: Scientists popularizing science: characteristics and impact of TED talk presenters.

The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference and associated website of recorded conference presentations (TED Talks) is a highly successful disseminator of science-related videos, claiming over a billion online views. Although hundreds of scientists have presented at TED, little information is available regarding the presenters, their academic credentials, and the impact

Posted on 20 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In #hcsmRnD, Education Technology, Manuscript, Online Learning, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: Motivational profiles of medical students: Association with study effort, academic performance and exhaustion

Background Students enter the medical study with internally generated motives like genuine interest (intrinsic motivation) and/or externally generated motives like parental pressure or desire for status or prestige (controlled motivation). According to Self-determination theory (SDT), students could differ in their study effort, academic performance and adjustment to the study depending on

Posted on 20 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Nervous system examination on YouTube

BACKGROUND: Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube have become a useful resource for knowledge and are used by medical students as a learning resource. This study aimed at assessing videos covering the nervous system examination on YouTube. METHODS: A research of YouTube was conducted from 2 November to 2 December 2011 using the

Posted on 19 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In #hcsmRnD, Education Technology, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: General practitioners’ choices and their determinants when starting treatment for major depression: a cross sectional, randomized case-vignette survey.

BACKGROUND: In developed countries, primary care physicians manage most patients with depression. Relatively few studies allow a comprehensive assessment of the decisions these doctors make in these cases and the factors associated with these decisions. We studied how general practitioners (GPs) manage the acute phase of a new episode of non-comorbid

Posted on 17 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Manuscript, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Resident physicians as human information systems: sources yet seekers

Objective To characterize question types that residents received on overnight shifts and what information sources were used to answer them. Materials and Methods Across 30 overnight shifts, questions asked of on-call senior residents, question askers’ roles, and residents’ responses were documented. External sources were noted. Results 158 of 397 questions (39.8%) related

Posted on 11 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Applying educational theory in practice

How many times have we as teachers been confronted with situations in which we really were not sure what to do? We “flew by the seat of our pants,” usually doing with our learners what had been done with us. It would be useful to be able to turn to

Posted on 10 Jun 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

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MANUSCRIPT: Motivational profiles of medical students: Association with study effort, academic performance and exhaustion

MANUSCRIPT: General practitioners’ choices and their determinants when starting treatment for major depression: a cross sectional, randomized case-vignette survey.

MANUSCRIPT: Resident physicians as human information systems: sources yet seekers

MANUSCRIPT: ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Applying educational theory in practice

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