TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rankin, Audra
AU  - Truskey, Maria
AU  - Chisolm, Margaret S
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/01/11
TI  - The Use of Social Media in Interprofessional Education: Systematic Review
JO  - JMIR Med Educ
SP  - e11328
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
KW  - interprofessional education
KW  - interprofessional learning
KW  - medicine
KW  - nursing
KW  - social media, social networking
AB  - Background: The implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) activities into health care education is a challenge for many training programs owing to time and location constraints of both faculty and learners. The integration of social media into these IPE activities may provide a solution to these problems. Objective: This review of the published literature aims to identify health care IPE activities using social media. Methods: The authors searched 5 databases (from the beginning coverage date to May 27, 2017) using keywords related to IPE and social media. Teams of 2 authors independently reviewed the search results to identify peer-reviewed, English language papers reporting on IPE activities using social media. They assessed the study quality of identified papers using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument. Results: A total of 8 studies met the review’s inclusion criteria. Of these 8 papers, 3 had single-group, posttest-only study design; 4 had single-group, pre- and posttest design; and 1 had nonrandomized 3-group design. Qualitative and quantitative outcome measures showed mixed results with the majority of student feedback being positive. Conclusions: Despite a need for additional research, this review suggests that the use of social media may aid the implementation of health care IPE. 
SN  - 2369-3762
UR  - https://mededu.jmir.org/2019/1/e11328/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/11328
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30632967
DO  - 10.2196/11328
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/11328
ER  -