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 -