TY - JOUR
T1 - Associated factors with the academic use of social networks in medical students from 40 cities in Latin America
AU - Valladares-Garrido, Mario J.
AU - Aveiro-Róbalo, Telmo Raul
AU - Jiménez-Peña, Daniela
AU - Ugozzoli, Fiorella Ibañez
AU - Moreno, Jaime Pineda
AU - Alvarez Cabrera, Juan Alcides
AU - Huanca-Mamani, Leyla
AU - Valladares-Garrido, Danai
AU - Mejia, Christian R.
N1 - Funding Information:
we can affirm that, more than half of the respondents use social networks in their medical training. Proceeding from seven out of eleven surveyed countries, reporting basic-advanced English level, being trained in SciELO and Google Scholar were positively associated with using social networks academically. On the contrary, coming from a private university, belonging to extracurricular groups and not being able to use Google Scholar was associated negatively. AknowledgementAcknowledgement: The authors would like to thank the Research Group of the Multicentric Project Latin America conformed 2015-2016 for their contributions in the collection of data in each of the 40 participating sites. Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Funding: The Peru Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Training Consortium (D43 TW007393), awarded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health, sponsored Dr. Valladares’s work. The funders had no role in study design, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Aim: To identify the factors associated with the academic use of social networks in medical students from 40 faculties in Latin America. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional analysis of secondary data in medical students from 40 Latin American cities. A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate the academic use of social networks and their association with socio-educational characteristics and training in scientific databases. Mixed effects multilevel generalized linear models (MEGLM) were used to estimate prevalence ratios (PR). Results: Of 11587 participants, 57.7% used social networks academically. The level of advanced English increased 1.33 times the prevalence of academic use of social networks (PR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.24-1.43, p <0.001) while belonging to more than one academic-scientific extracurricular group decreased 34% said prevalence (PR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.54-0.81, p <0.001). The training for SciELO and Google Scholar increased 18% (PR: 1.18, CI95%: 1.11-1.25, p <0.001) and 11% (PR: 1.11, CI95%: 1.05-1.18, p <0.001) the prevalence of use of social networks in an academic way, respectively. Conclusion: We can affirm that, more than half of the respondents use social networks in their medical training. Proceeding from seven out of eleven surveyed countries, reporting basic-advanced English level, being trained in SciELO and Google Scholar were positively associated with using social networks academically. On the contrary, coming from a private university, belonging to extracurricular groups and not being able to use Google Scholar was associated negatively.
AB - Aim: To identify the factors associated with the academic use of social networks in medical students from 40 faculties in Latin America. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional analysis of secondary data in medical students from 40 Latin American cities. A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate the academic use of social networks and their association with socio-educational characteristics and training in scientific databases. Mixed effects multilevel generalized linear models (MEGLM) were used to estimate prevalence ratios (PR). Results: Of 11587 participants, 57.7% used social networks academically. The level of advanced English increased 1.33 times the prevalence of academic use of social networks (PR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.24-1.43, p <0.001) while belonging to more than one academic-scientific extracurricular group decreased 34% said prevalence (PR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.54-0.81, p <0.001). The training for SciELO and Google Scholar increased 18% (PR: 1.18, CI95%: 1.11-1.25, p <0.001) and 11% (PR: 1.11, CI95%: 1.05-1.18, p <0.001) the prevalence of use of social networks in an academic way, respectively. Conclusion: We can affirm that, more than half of the respondents use social networks in their medical training. Proceeding from seven out of eleven surveyed countries, reporting basic-advanced English level, being trained in SciELO and Google Scholar were positively associated with using social networks academically. On the contrary, coming from a private university, belonging to extracurricular groups and not being able to use Google Scholar was associated negatively.
KW - Medical student
KW - Research
KW - Social networks
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M3 - Original Article
AN - SCOPUS:85095962776
SN - 1996-7195
VL - 14
SP - 1171
EP - 1177
JO - Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
IS - 3
ER -