%0 Journal Article
%@ 2369-3762
%I JMIR Publications
%V 5
%N 2
%P e15297
%T Opportunities and Obstacles for Providing Medical Education Through Social Media
%A Wilkinson,Aimee
%A Ashcroft,James
%+ Imperial College London, Surgical Innovation Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, London, W21NY, United Kingdom, 44 7543078801, arw1318@ic.ac.uk
%K medical education
%K social media
%K innovation
%D 2019
%7 27.11.2019
%9 Viewpoint
%J JMIR Med Educ
%G English
%X Social media has infiltrated almost every sector of life, and medical education is no exception. As this technology becomes mainstream within society, an increasing number of health care students and professionals are using it for learning. Several important considerations for the risks of this technology are discussed here.
%M 31774407
%R 10.2196/15297
%U http://mededu.jmir.org/2019/2/e15297/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/15297
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31774407