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Social Media in Medical Education (153) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2702) e-Learning and Digital Medical Education (1615) Training Tools for Medical Students (208) mHealth in Medical Education and Training (226)

Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/55861, first published .
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Instagram as a Tool to Improve Human Histology Learning in Medical Education: Descriptive Study

Instagram as a Tool to Improve Human Histology Learning in Medical Education: Descriptive Study

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Alejandro Escamilla-Sanchez1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Juan Antonio López-Villodres1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Carmen Alba-Tercedor1 Author Orcid Image ;   María Victoria Ortega-Jiménez1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Francisca Rius-Díaz4 Author Orcid Image ;   Raquel Sanchez-Varo1, 2, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Diego Bermúdez1 Author Orcid Image
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