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Resumo
DE LA MORA MARTIN, Fernando; AGUIAR IVARGOLLIN, Katheryn; RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, Francisco Javier e DIAZ DIAZ, Jayce. Characterization of the social networks use by medical students. Medisur [online]. 2020, vol.18, n.5, pp. 879-885. Epub 02-Out-2020. ISSN 1727-897X.
Background:
Currently, social networks have become part of people’s daily lives; they represent a new form of interaction and one of the most used services, especially by young people.
Objective:
to characterize the use of social networks by fourth-year medical students at the Cienfuegos University of Medical Sciences.
Methods:
an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, which had as a universe the entire enrollment of the fourth year Medicine career at the Medical Sciences Cienfuegos University. The information was collected through surveys. A digital database was created, and the statistical analysis was carried out by descriptive statistics.
Results:
female was the predominant sex, and the largest age group was between 20 and 23 years old. The 96.3% reported that surf through the networks; and the 68.9% have taken time away from studying and other activities, to use social networks.
Conclusion:
There is a tendency to use virtual social networks, and the most used is Facebook. The time spent by the students is medium, motivated mainly by the information they view through the so-called Like or Likes.
Palavras-chave : Internet Access; technology; access to information; medical students.