IJME - Assessing the use of social media in physician assistant education

Table 2. Phase 1 survey responses regarding social media use (N=226)

Survey Item		%	n
Social media use
	Not at all	2.7	6
	Only for personal use	29.6	67
	Informal part of PA education, on own	65.0	147
	Formally included part of PA education	2.7	6
Current social media accounts (n=226)
	Facebook	97.3	220
	Instagram	65.0	147
	LinkedIn	43.4	98
	Google+	33.2	75
	Twitter	22.1	50
	Other (Snapchat, Figure 1, etc)	7.1	16
	MySpace	0.9	2
Social media used for education (n=162^*)
	Facebook	69.8	113
	YouTube	56.2	91
	Other^†	34.6	56
	Medical blogs	13.6	22
	Google+	9.3	15
	Twitter	1.2	2

*Includes only the respondents who indicated that they use social media as a part of their education †Instagram was most frequently reported in this category

Int J Med Educ. 2019; 10:23-28; doi: 10.5116/ijme.5c14.ef82