Dear Friend,

The Young Emergency Doctors Section (YEMD) of the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) is conducting a survey among doctors to understand the current impact of social media in the medical education process.

This is an independent non-sponsored research project of the YEMD Section. By taking part in it you agree to us analysing the data in an aggregated form. The information obtained will be treated confidentially and we will take great care that the information provided will not be traceable to you by any third party. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us at yemdsection@gmail.com

Thanks for your help!
The EuSEM Young Emergency Medicine Doctors Section

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* 1. Demographic Information

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* 2. What is your gender?

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* 3. What is your age?

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* 4. Are you a?

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* 5. What is your primary discipline of work/training?

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* 6. Which of the following are your main ways of medical education and update?

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* 7. Which of the following social media tools do you use? (Choose all that apply)

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* 8. How often do you use your social media?

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* 9. If you do not use social media, please state your reasons for not wanting to do so.

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* 10. Do you use social media tools primarily for work or personal purposes? (Choose only one)

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* 11. If you use social media for work/education purposes, what do you use it for?

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* 12. Advantages of social media use in medical education
Please rate the following sentences from 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree

  1 2 3 4 5
Learning is more interactive
Widespread personal use therefore easy to learn
More interaction with the medical community
Encourages collaboration and teamwork
Information found on social media I follow can be trusted

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* 13. How useful do you find the following in assisting your learning directly related to
your professional development, such as reading medical news, interacting with
colleagues or taking part in educational courses or events?

  Not at all Useful Slightly Useful Somewhat Useful Very Useful Exetremely Useful I don't use this/Don't know this
Free Encyclopedia (i.e. Wikipedia)
Microbloggin (i.e. Twitter)
Instant messaging (e.g. facebook chat or Yahoo messenger)
Voice calls (VoIP) (e.g. Skype or MSN messenger)
Videoconference calls (e.g. Skype or MSN messenger)
Media sharing (e.g. Flickr or deviantArt)
Social bookmarking sites (e.g. del.icio.us or Digg)
Social network sites (e.g. LinkedIn, Freepint)
Wikis (e.g. Google Documents, PB Wiki)
Blogs (e.g. Blogger or Live Journal)
Web Resources for Physicians (e.g. MedScape, UptoDate)
Podcasts

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* 14. Which social media do you mainly use for the following activities

  Wikipedia YouTube Twitter Facebook Podcasts Medical Blogs (i.e. blogspot) N/A
General Medical Education
Specific information on clinical conditions
Specific information for a specific patient condition
New Procedures
Research Activities

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* 15. Do you regularly follow or post on one/or more medical blogs?

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* 16. Do you regularly follow or post using Twitter?

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* 17. Do you follow or post using the #FOAMed hash tag?

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* 18. Will FOAMed supplement your traditional learning habits?

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* 19. Would you recommend use of internet FOAMed resources be a supplemental residency teaching tool?

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