How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice?
Abstract As part of the modern generation of medical students and prospective future doctors of the United Kingdom’s Nation Health Service (NHS), we have grown up in an age where smartphones and instant messaging applications (IMAs) are ubiquitous across all aspects of society. With IMAs being so fa...
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| author | Muhammed Aizaz us Salam George Chukwuemeka Oyekwe Sami Ahmad Ghani Regwaan Imtiaz Choudhury |
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| description | Abstract As part of the modern generation of medical students and prospective future doctors of the United Kingdom’s Nation Health Service (NHS), we have grown up in an age where smartphones and instant messaging applications (IMAs) are ubiquitous across all aspects of society. With IMAs being so familiar, we recognise their scope for facilitating our learning of the pre-registration syllabus and how their practical nature could potentially revolutionise healthcare worldwide. It is, therefore, rational to further investigate the benefits of incorporating such technology into these respective settings. In this article, we will further expand on some of the advantages highlighted by E. Colman & E. O’Connor that IMAs, particularly WhatsApp, have in the academic environment which resonate with us. We illustrate our views on IMAs being incorporated into health systems globally through exemplifying the NHS, using reviewed literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5f3e95dc2c74588b089e5e88cfb47152022-12-21T19:52:59ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202021-01-012111410.1186/s12909-020-02440-7How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice?Muhammed Aizaz us Salam0George Chukwuemeka Oyekwe1Sami Ahmad Ghani2Regwaan Imtiaz Choudhury3St George’s University of LondonSt George’s University of LondonSt George’s University of LondonSt George’s University of LondonAbstract As part of the modern generation of medical students and prospective future doctors of the United Kingdom’s Nation Health Service (NHS), we have grown up in an age where smartphones and instant messaging applications (IMAs) are ubiquitous across all aspects of society. With IMAs being so familiar, we recognise their scope for facilitating our learning of the pre-registration syllabus and how their practical nature could potentially revolutionise healthcare worldwide. It is, therefore, rational to further investigate the benefits of incorporating such technology into these respective settings. In this article, we will further expand on some of the advantages highlighted by E. Colman & E. O’Connor that IMAs, particularly WhatsApp, have in the academic environment which resonate with us. We illustrate our views on IMAs being incorporated into health systems globally through exemplifying the NHS, using reviewed literature.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02440-7WhatsAppInstant messaging applicationCommunicationMedical educationProblem based learningClinical attachment |
| spellingShingle | Muhammed Aizaz us Salam George Chukwuemeka Oyekwe Sami Ahmad Ghani Regwaan Imtiaz Choudhury How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice? BMC Medical Education Instant messaging application Communication Medical education Problem based learning Clinical attachment |
| title | How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice? |
| title_full | How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice? |
| title_fullStr | How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice? |
| title_short | How can WhatsApp® facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice? |
| title_sort | how can whatsapp r facilitate the future of medical education and clinical practice |
| topic | WhatsApp Instant messaging application Communication Medical education Problem based learning Clinical attachment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02440-7 |
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