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. 2007 Dec;83(986):759–762. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.063123

Table 5 Familiarity and use of social software.

Consultant n = 389 (%) General practitioner n = 96 (%) Doctors in training n = 64 (%) Medical student n = 593 (%)
Instant messaging—not familiar with term 37 (9.5) 10 (10.4) 4 (6.3) 2 (0.3)
Instant messaging—never used 32.5 (83.5) 57 (59.4) 31 (48.4) 143 (24.0)
Blogs—not familiar with term 23 (5.9) 5 (5.2) 4 (6.3) 14 (2.4)
Blogs—never used 265 (68.1) 66 (68.8) 39 (60.9) 345 (58.2)
Blogs—only read 76 (19.5) 15 (15.6) 18 (28.1) 118 (19.9)
Blogs—both read and write 13 (3.3) 8 (8.3) 2 (3.1) 9.5 (16.0)
Wikis—not familiar with term 121 (31.1) 39 (40.6) 13 (20.3) 166 (28.0)
Wikis—never used 174 (44.7) 38 (49.6) 27 (42.2) 113 (19.1)
Social bookmarking—not familiar with term 144 (37.0) 41 (42.7) 20 (31.3) 187 (31.5)
Social bookmarking—never used 225 (57.8) 54 (56.3) 39 (60.9) 374 (63.1)
Media sharing—not familiar with term 133 (34.2) 37 (38.5) 20 (31.3) 124 (20.9)
Media sharing—never used 238 (61.2) 54 (56.3) 35 (54.7) 376 (63.4)
Social networking—not familiar with term 61 (15.7) 18 (18.8) 9 (14.1) 9 (1.5)
Social networking—never used 242 (62.2) 59 (61.5) 33 (51.6) 114 (19.2)