Facebook as a complementary learning tool in a Family and Community Medicine discipline
experience report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2018.2359Keywords:
Social networking, Education, Family PracticeAbstract
The use of Social Networks in learning process has expanded in recent years due to its popularity among students, the flexibility of time spend there and its potential for teachers and students interaction and among students themselves. We present the Federal University of Ouro Preto School of Medicine “Family and Community Medicine” discipline experience, where Facebook Social Network is used as a complementary tool in the academic learning process. In a controlled and secret group of this network, the students enrolled in the discipline convert daily clinical doubts into learning objectives under supervision of the responsible teachers. The academics participation is neither mandatory nor evaluative. It is a complementary strategy in which there was active participation arising from patient care doubts, making the students’ interactions qualified, and the process of learning contextual and meaningful.
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