A survey was conducted of 332 doctors and nurses in Italy working in emergency or critical care about their use of social media for medical education. The majority were between 36-55 years old and worked in intensive care units. Most used social media at least once a day to find quick resources and stay updated on the latest scientific articles and evidence-based medicine. While social media was seen as time-consuming, users preferred content with images, videos, and identifiable credible authors from scientific journals and institutions.

1. whatdo
usersthink?
socialmedia+
criticalcare
@ t s c q u i z z a t o

2. weasked
them…
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3. howdoyou
useSoMe
forMedEd
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4. - 19closed-endedquestions
- doctorsandnursesworkinginItaly
- emergencyorcriticalcare
survey
design
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5. 332validanswers
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6. what
about…
age.
< 25 25-35 36-45 46-55 > 56
12%
21%
26%
39%
2%
Age groups
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7. what
about…
profession.
doctor
45%
nurse
45%
resident
10%@ t s c q u i z z a t o

8. what
about…
workplace.
ED EMS ICU CICU Other
3%4%
21%
23%
48%
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9. 68% 21%
11%
52%
13%
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10. howmuchtime
doyouspendon
SoMeforMedEd?
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11. frequency
ofusage
@ t s c q u i z z a t o
Rarely
More times a week
One time a day
Multiple times a day 21%
20%
42%
17%

12. hoursperdayon
SoMeforMedEd
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< 1 hour
1-3 hours
3-6 hours
> 6 hours 1%
4%
32%
63%

13. whydoyouuse
SoMeforMedEd?
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14. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
tofindquickresources
tostayupdated
75%

15. whattheyare
lookingfor?
@ t s c q u i z z a t o

16. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
latestscientificarticles
andEvidenceBased
Medicine
85%

17. howmuchdo
youcontribute?
@ t s c q u i z z a t o
Never
One time a month
Multiple times a week
One time a day
Multiple times a day 5%
3%
13%
26%
52%

18. top3major
hesitationsfrom
usingSoMe
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19. time-consuming
andtheydon'thave
enoughtime
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18%

20. qualityand
reliabilityof
resources
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17%

21. privacyand
securityissues
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16%

22. top3favorites
resources
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23. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
contentswith
imagesorgraphics
1

24. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
identifiabilityand
credibilityoftheauthors
2

25. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
contents
withvideos
3

26. whoyoutrust
more?
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27. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
scientificjournalsand
institutions/official
groups
moretrusted

28. @ t s c q u i z z a t o
individualprofessionals
intheirprofiles
lesstrusted

29. takehome
message
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- quickresourcesarepreferred
- ensurequalityofcontentsand
credibilityofauthors
- moretrustedinstitutions/journals
accounts
- prefercontentswithimages/videos

30. thankyou.Tommaso Scquizzato
@tscquizzato
scquizzato.tommaso@hsr.it