背景:使用对等主导的基于Web的平台(PWP)进行对等辅助学习(PAL),包括社交媒体,可以是一种非常有效的支持医学学员的方法。PWPs,例如用于共享麻醉资源的移动应用程序和社交媒体小组或与麻醉培训有关的讨论论坛,可能在促进麻醉培训生主导的网络教育方面发挥作用。然而,麻醉学员在纳入PWP方面面临许多挑战,尤其是PAL的社交媒体和移动应用程序。
目的:这项调查的主要目的是评估使用社交媒体和移动应用程序的学员比例。次要目标是确定学员对社交媒体和移动应用程序用于教育目的的看法,包括PAL。
方法:这项横断面研究是通过在单个大型学术中心通过电子邮件进行的一项调查进行的。该调查工具收集了2016年至2017年之间的以下数据:人口统计数据(研究年份,专业领域),使用技术和基于网络的医学资源,使用社交媒体平台进行麻醉或培训,未来使用社交媒体进行培训的好处和障碍,以及受训者主导的网站的想法。报告了描述性统计数据。
结果:总计,80名麻醉学员(51名居民和29名研究员)对调查做出了回应(240名学员中有33%的回应率联系)。所有受训者都报告拥有移动设备,大多数(n=61,76%)报告每天使用多次访问医疗资源。根据居民的PWP的最高感知收益是,最有价值的信息是按需提供的(n=27,53%),他们节省了时间(n=27,53%),他们改善了麻醉期间的整体学习体验(n=24,47%)。相比之下,研究员认为PWP是有益的,因为它们提供了单个主题的多个观点(n=13,45%),并作为与同行讨论想法的额外平台(n=13,45%)。居民和研究员使用的最受欢迎的平台是Facebook(居民:n=44,86%;研究员:n=26,90%),其次是LinkedIn(居民:n=21,42%;研究员:n=9,29%)。尽管大多数麻醉学员出于个人原因使用社交媒体,只有26%(n=21)报告使用了居民或同伴驱动的PWP资源。受训者使用的PWP示例包括麻醉组和常驻Dropbox资源文件夹。
结论:人们普遍接受将PWP用于PAL,因为它们为各级学习的受训者提供了各种好处。PWP有可能在所有级别的培训中获得更多的社区意识和共享学习经验。从这项调查中获得的信息将有助于为开发麻醉学员主导的电子学习平台奠定基础。
BACKGROUND: Peer-assisted learning (PAL) using peer-led web-based platforms (PWPs), including social media, can be a highly effective method of supporting medical trainees. PWPs, such as mobile apps for sharing anesthesia resources and social media groups or discussion forums pertaining to anesthesia training, may play a role in facilitating anesthesia trainee-led web-based education. However, there have been many challenges facing anesthesia trainees when it comes to incorporating PWPs, especially social media and mobile apps for PAL.
OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this survey was to assess the proportion of trainees that use social media and mobile apps. The secondary objective was to identify the trainees\' perceptions on the use of social media and mobile apps for educational purposes, including PAL.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted through a survey administered via email at a single large academic center. The survey tool collected data between 2016 and 2017 on the following: demographic data (year of study, field of specialty), use of technology and web-based resources for medicine, use of social media platforms for anesthesia or training, benefits and barriers to future uses of social media for training, and ideas for trainee-led websites. Descriptive statistics were reported.
RESULTS: In total, 80 anesthesia trainees (51 residents and 29 fellows) responded to the survey (response rate of 33% of out 240 trainees contacted). All trainees reported having a mobile device that most (n=61, 76%) reported using multiple times a day to access medical resources. The highest perceived benefits of PWPs according to residents were that the most valuable information was available on-demand (n=27, 53%), they saved time (n=27, 53%), and they improved their overall learning experience within anesthesia (n=24, 47%). In comparison, fellows thought that PWPs were beneficial because they provided multiple perspectives of a single topic (n=13, 45%) and served as an additional platform to discuss ideas with peers (n=13, 45%). The most popular platforms used by both residents and fellows were Facebook (residents: n=44, 86%; fellows: n=26, 90%) followed by LinkedIn (residents: n=21, 42%; fellows: n=9, 29%). Even though most anesthesia trainees used social media for personal reasons, only 26% (n=21) reported having used resident- or fellow-driven PWP resources. Examples of PWPs that trainees used included anesthesia groups and a resident Dropbox resource folder.
CONCLUSIONS: There was generally an acceptance for using PWPs for PAL as they provided various benefits for trainees at all levels of learning. PWPs have the potential to garner an increased sense of community and sharing within learning experiences throughout all levels of training. The information gained from this survey will help inform the basis for developing an anesthesia trainee-led e-learning platform.