Table 3.
Perceptions about the benefits and impacts of using social media for professional development for the 163 respondents who used social media for this purpose.
| Variables | Degree of helpfulness n (%) |
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Not at all helpful | Somewhat helpful | Very helpful | Extremely helpful | Helpfula |
| Knowledge | 2 (1.2) | 69 (42.3) | 77 (47.2) | 15 (9.2) | 161 (98.8) |
| Clinical reasoning | 23 (14.1) | 83 (50.9) | 47 (28.8) | 10 (6.1) | 140 (85.9) |
| Critical thinking | 22 (13.5) | 74 (45.4) | 53 (32.5) | 14 (8.6) | 141 (86.5) |
| Clinical skills | 36 (22.1) | 71 (43.6) | 48 (29.4) | 8 (4.9) | 127 (77.9) |
| Problem solving | 16 (9.8) | 72 (44.2) | 62 (38.0) | 13 (8.0) | 147 (90.2) |
| Creativity | 18 (11.0) | 54 (33.1) | 70 (42.9) | 21 (12.9) | 145 (89.0) |
| Decision making | 24 (14.7) | 75 (46.0) | 55 (33.7) | 9 (5.5) | 139 (85.3) |
| Patient outcome | 20 (12.2) | 72 (44.2) | 56 (34.4) | 15 (9.2) | 143 (87.7) |
aRepresents the frequency of merged responses (ie, “somewhat helpful,” “very helpful,” plus “extremely helpful”).