Emergency medicine educational resource use in Cape Town: modern or traditional?

Oosthuizen, Almero; Hoving, D.J. van

doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134135

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“…Low cost dissemination could take the form of research highlights posters in health care facilities or press releases using local newspapers and radio stations [18] . Social media can also effectively be used to sign post content or to disseminate research highlights [19] .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine

Abrams

Bruijns

Hoving

2019

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Introduction Evidence based medicine is the standard of modern health care practices. Ongoing biomedical research is needed to expand existing knowledge and improve quality of care, but it needs to reach clinicians to drive change. Journal articles and conference presentations are dissemination tools. The aim of the study was to establish the publication rate of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine. The secondary objectives were establishing non-publication dissemination and the factors associated with publication and non-publication. Determining non-publication dissemination patterns and the factors associated with reasons for publishing or non-publication were also investigated. Methods Presenters of the 129 scientific abstracts from the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine were invited to participate in an online survey. The survey was followed by a manual literature search to identify published manuscripts of authors that did not complete the survey, to determine the most accurate publication rate. Results Thirty-one presenters responded (24%), of which 18 published in a peer-reviewed journal. An additional 25 publications were identified by the literature search. The overall publication rate was 33.3% (26.9% from 2012 and 40.3% from 2014). Oral presentations were more likely to be published (p = 0.09). Sixteen manuscripts (37.2%) were published in the African Journal of Emergency Medicine. Presentations at local academic meetings were the most used platform beyond publication (43%). The main reason to publish was to add to the body of knowledge (100%), while lack of time (57%) was the major obstacle for not publishing. Conclusion The overall publication rate for the first and second Africa Conferences of Emergency Medicine is comparable to other non-African Emergency Medicine conferences. The increasing publication trend between conferences might reflect the development of regional research capacity. Emergency Medicine providers in Africa need to be encouraged to participate in high quality, locally relevant research and to distribute those findings through accessible formats.

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Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine

Abrams

Bruijns

Hoving

2019

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…Although peer-review is by no means a perfect process, and is prone to bias, the lack of it in regulating information on social media means that the reliability of such information is uncertain. 4 It is likely that students are aware of the possible shortcomings of user generated content. Despite this, the use of social media for the purposes of education continues to grow, with some reports suggesting up to 52% of health profession students use online media as their primary source of information.…”

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It is time to improve the quality of medical information distributed to students across social media

Zucker

Kontovounisios

2018

AMEP

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The ubiquitous nature of social media has meant that its effects on fields outside of social communication have begun to be felt. The generation undergoing medical education are of the generation referred to as “digital natives”, and as such routinely incorporate social media into their education. Social media’s incorporation into medical education includes its use as a platform to distribute information to the public (“distributive education”) and as a platform to provide information to a specific audience (“push education”). These functions have proved beneficial in many regards, such as enabling constant access to the subject matter, other learners, and educators. However, the usefulness of using social media as part of medical education is limited by the vast quantities of poor quality information and the time required to find information of sufficient quality and relevance, a problem confounded by many student’s preoccupation with “efficient” learning. In this Perspective, the authors discuss whether social media has proved useful as a tool for medical education. The current growth in the use of social media as a tool for medical education seems to be principally supported by students’ desire for efficient learning rather than by the efficacy of social media as a resource for medical education. Therefore, improvements in the quality of information required to maximize the impact of social media as a tool for medical education are required. Suggested improvements include an increase in the amount of educational content distributed on social media produced by academic institutions, such as universities and journals.

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“…Currently, there is limited data on the use and benefits of educational podcasts in Southern Africa. After surveying the use of online-educational multimedia in the division of Emergency Medicine in Cape Town (EMCT), Kleynhans et al [ 14 ] reported that only 21% used educational podcasts, despite >50% accessing some form of online educational resource at least once a month.…”

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An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities

Ekambaram

Lamprecht

Lalloo

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African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Emergency medicine educational resource use in Cape Town: modern or traditional?

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine

Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine

It is time to improve the quality of medical information distributed to students across social media

An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities

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