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Comparative effectiveness of instructional design features in simulation-based education: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Although technology-enhanced simulation is increasingly used in health professions education, features of effective simulation-based instructional design remain uncertain. ⋯ These results confirm quantitatively the effectiveness of several instructional design features in simulation-based education.
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Twitter is an online social networking service, accessible from any Internet-capable device. While other social networking sites are online confessionals or portfolios of personal current events, Twitter is designed and used as a vehicle to converse and share ideas. For this reason, we believe that Twitter may be the most likely candidate for integrating social networking with medical education. ⋯ Twitter is a relatively new social medium, and its use in higher education is in its infancy. With further research and thoughtful application of media literacy, Twitter is likely to become a useful adjunct for more personalized teaching and learning in medical education.