%0 Journal Article
%T Social media as an open-learning resource in medical education: current perspectives
%A A Jalali
%A S Sutherland
%J Archive of "Advances in Medical Education and Practice".
%D 2017
%R 10.2147/AMEP.S112594
%X Numerous studies evaluate the use of social media as an open-learning resource in education, but there is a little published knowledge of empirical evidence that such open-learning resources produce educative outcomes, particularly with regard to student performance. This study undertook a systematic review of the published literature in medical education to determine the state of the evidence as to empirical studies that conduct an evaluation or research regarding social media and open-learning resources
%K social media
%K Facebook
%K YouTube
%K medical education
%K evaluation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5476438/