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. 2014 Jan 7;30(2):61–68. doi: 10.1177/8755122513518497

Table 2.

Activities Conducted Through Social Media.

Type of Health Care Professional School
Question All Schools, n (%) (N = 188) Medical School, n (%) (n = 22) Nursing School, n (%) (n = 128) Pharmacy School, n (%) (n = 38)
How many hours per week do you spend on social media Web sites?
 Less than 1 hour 87 (46) 17 (77) 53 (41) 17 (45)
 1 to 2 hours 55 (29) 4 (18) 39 (30) 12 (32)
 3 to 5 hours 30 (16) 1 (5) 22 (17) 7 (18)
 6 to 8 hours 5 (3) 0 (0) 4 (3) 1 (3)
 8 to 10 hours 6 (3) 0 (0) 5 (4) 1 (3)
 10 to 15 hours 2 (1) 0 (0) 2 (2) 0 (0)
 15 to 20 hours 2 (1) 0 (0) 2 (2) 0 (0)
 More than 20 hours 1 (1) 0 (0) 1(1) 0 (0)
How many times within the past month have you read an article on a medical blog?
 None 68 (36) 6 (27) 45 (35) 17 (45)
 1 to 3 87 (46) 14 (64) 58 (45) 15 (39)
 4 to 6 22 (12) 0 (0) 18 (14) 4 (11)
 6 to 10 7 (4) 1 (5) 5 (4) 1 (3)
 More than 10 4 (2) 1 (5) 2 (2) 1 (3)