Use of WhatsApp in assisting psychiatry learning

Loo, Jiann Lin; Yau, Eugene Koh Boon; Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping; Hadi, Noor Melissa Nor

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“…They provide a platform that stimulates interaction, collaboration and participation through the sharing ideas and experience, this has led participants to report positive outcomes in the use of WhatsApp as a learning aid. [4][5][6][7] The Professional and Linguistics Assessments Board examination (PLAB), organised by the General Medical Council (GMC), is the test that international medical graduates (IMGs) complete to be considered for registration to the United Kingdom's medical register and subsequently be granted a general license to practise. The examination consists of two parts.…”

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A survey on the effectiveness of WhatsApp for teaching doctors preparing for a licensing exam

2020

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A survey on the effectiveness of WhatsApp for teaching doctors preparing for a licensing exam

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“…In the developing world, social media has been widely acknowledged as an effective tool for social services to resolve various development issues. Because bridging the digital divide and addressing technological inequality require tremendous effort, the mobile phone with internet functions has proved to be the most convenient device for use in everyday life (Thota and Divatia, 2015;Güler, 2016;Loo et al, 2016;Petruzzi and De Benedittis, 2016;Thakur, 2017). WhatsApp, for instance, allows large numbers of people from different geographic locations to connect instantly.…”

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Migration, family and networks: Timorese seasonal workers' social support in Australia

2021

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This paper explores the social support of Timorese workers under the Australian Seasonal Workers Programme (SWP). The SWP, which allows citizens from Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste to work in Australian agriculture for six to nine months, has become the major source of remittances for seasonal workers from Timor-Leste. The paper describes how access to the internet and the availability of social media devices can help to maintain long-distance family relationships, support migrants' well-being and alleviate the effects of socio-spatial segregation to some extent. However, the need to earn remittances in a fixed period of time forces them to accept a trade-off in the quality of their social and personal lives in rural Australia. According to the New Economics of Labour Migration (NELM), isolation and separation from families are part of a rational household strategy to accumulate remittances. This paper argues that insufficient attention has been paid to the social costs borne by workers and left-behind households and that the sustainability of the SWP depends to a large extent on the ability of workers to find ways of meeting their needs for social support. The analysis is based on data from participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 50 Timorese seasonal workers in Australia and Timor-Leste.

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“…This model of learning and peer support has unlimited potential to be expanded, given its low cost and ease of maintenance, as shown in the case of a neighbouring country of Myanmar. 6 …”

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Flying solo in Myanmar: case study on challenges and important lessons learned by an early career psychiatrist in a district setting

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The transition from trainee early career psychiatrist (ECP) to independent practitioner can be challenging. Upon completion of training in well-equipped academic settings, an ECP from Myanmar is required to serve in a divisional hospital for at least 3 years. Significant challenges are faced by ECPs practising solo in divisional hospitals, including inexperience in administrative aspects, lack of future-proof training, scarcity of resources and facilities, struggles in the provision of holistic biopsychosocial treatment, work–life imbalance, and limited career advancement and access to continuous training. The solutions tried thus far include the incorporation of information and communication technology in training, gathering support and distant supervision from both local and international settings, and task shifting. Bigger challenges are often rewarded by faster growth, and difficult times stimulate creative solutions. The sacrifice of these solo ECPs has significantly improved the mental health service of Myanmar district regions.

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Use of WhatsApp in assisting psychiatry learning

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A survey on the effectiveness of WhatsApp for teaching doctors preparing for a licensing exam

A survey on the effectiveness of WhatsApp for teaching doctors preparing for a licensing exam

Migration, family and networks: Timorese seasonal workers' social support in Australia

Flying solo in Myanmar: case study on challenges and important lessons learned by an early career psychiatrist in a district setting

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