Table 1.

Results of the gap analysis conducted through a literature review of seminal articles for designing the questionnaire.

Reference (year)	Title	Publication year	Abstract summary
Durga et al [28]	Social media: Portrait of an emerging tool in medical education	2016	The article examines social media use in medical education in commentaries and descriptive accounts versus evaluative studies to compare the relative prevalence of the two themes, challenges, and opportunities of social media in this context. The outcome reported a higher prevalence of challenges in commentaries and descriptive accounts.
Pander et al [29]	The use of Facebook in Medical Education	2014	This systematic review explicitly explores Facebook and its incorporation in Medical Education. Results indicate that most studies have looked into Facebook and digital professionalism. It has been well accepted among students for use for various learning interventions. Nonetheless, the study reports the absence of evidence to assess the effectiveness of Facebook as a learning method in advanced stages.
Hollinderbäumer et al [30]	Education 2.0—How has social media and Web 2.0 been integrated into medical education? A systematical literature review	2013	In this systematic literature review, the authors assessed how the combined use of social media and Web 2.0 has been implemented in medical education. It illustrated ways to enhance student reflection and allowed students to advance their knowledge.
Cartledge et al [31]	The use of social-networking sites in medical education	2013	This article focuses on the success rate of social media network sites in delivering educational content and determines if health care professionals and students utilize these sites for educational purposes. The article concluded that no professionalism issues arose with implementation of social networking sites and the study was received positively. However, it stated that there is not enough evidence to support the relative effectiveness of social networking sites over traditional methods.
Cheston et al [32]	Social media use in Medical Education: A systematic review	2013	This article aims to address the following questions: (1) How have interventions using social media tools affected outcomes of satisfaction, knowledge, attitudes, and skills for physicians and physicians-in-training? (2) What challenges and opportunities specific to social media have educators encountered in implementing these interventions? The results showed that implementation of social media contributed to enhanced outcomes of the elements mentioned in Question 1. The most common opportunity regarding implementation of social media was stimulating active learner engagement, and the most commonly faced challenge was technical issues.