Professional Experience Placement

A special issue about social media and mobile technologies for healthcare education was recently published.  This special issue includes papers from authors based in the United States of America, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia, which provides a an insight into current developments in this emerging topic. Each of the articles report on a range of topics related to the advancement of mobile technologies and social media for healthcare education within higher education or within healthcare environments. I urge you to browse the topics as there may be useful information for you, your colleagues or for learning and teaching with students. Topics include:

Preparation for Working in a Knowledge-Based Society: New Zealand Student Nurses’ Use of Social Media

Identifying Opportunities to Integrate Digital Professionalism into Curriculum: A Comparison of Social Media Use by Health Profession Students at an Australian University in 2013 and 2016

Evaluation Tools to Appraise Social Media and Mobile Applications

digiMe: An Online Portal to Support Connectivity through E-Learning in Medical Education

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