International Education Collaboration Using Social Media in Teaching and Learning Pain Management
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 19, Issue 2
Abstract
All health-related professionals encounter patients with pain throughout their career. Pain is also a culturally moderated phenomenon. This project describes a journey of using social media to enhance the learning experience in pain & symptoms management among master students from the two nursing schools. For this collaborative effort, faculties from the two institutes set up a Facebook closed group page as a tool for collaboration. The faculties uploaded videos on the use of non-pharmacological strategies and Chinese Traditional Medicines. Students were invited to join, share and discuss the pain management topics on the Facebook closed group page from October to December 2018. Students were asked to reflect on their learning experience at the end. Seventy-nine nursing students participated in the sharing and discussion. Students from both schools treasured this international learning experience and enjoyed the flexibility of using social media. They actively participated in the discussion and sharing relevant articles and photos and local news related to topics. Students found this activity rewarding and widening the cultural sensitivity perspective. As health becomes a global issue, the distance collaborations among health care professionals are common. Social media platforms can be used as tools to overcome scheduling issues and encourage interaction and deliberation. However, this project is limited by specific social media (Facebook). Not all students are regular Facebook users. For the future collaboration, we will need to explore other social media options. In conclusion, the use of social media embraces the technology-assisted approaches and enhancing an effective international teaching and learning experience to students, the teaching team will continue to develop and refine collaborative mode to facilitate students learning.Pain management is a fundamental to nursing care for most of patients with chronic conditions. In addition to provide traditional care, nurses are required to master skills in interpreting and applying new knowledge based on best available evidence. Nursing research and evidence-based practice course is offered in most nursing schools to expose nursing students to research and evidence-based practice. Pain, however, is a culturally moderated phenomenon. The international collaboration in teaching and learning in this specific topic can lead to an exposure to new approaches and exchange new perspectives in pain management. It can enhance student’s engagement and cultural sensitivity. International knowledge exchanges between faculties and students have been identified as one strategy to strengthen nursing care, education and research [1] A key challenge of most international collaboration is travel cost and time. Social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, has been part of our daily media consumption routines worldwide. Recently it has become one of the most effective tools in communications, marketing, News, electronic publishing etc. [2]. In academia, social media becomes one of communication methods tools used among students and faculties in many universities/ institutions. It has been found to be useful in making announcements, services of advising, educational activities, marketing, personal postings, expressing opinions and News [3]. From an educational perspective, advances in technology and the internationalization of curriculum are possible with the increasing use of information technology and social media. With these in mind, we are examining the feasibility in using social media in international education collaboration on a specific pain management topic for post graduate nursing students from two universities.
Authors and Affiliations
Mimi Tse, Nada Lukkahatai, Kin Cheung, Angel Tang, Shamay Ng, Rick Kwan
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- EP ID EP621704
- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.19.003286
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