Social media in nursing and midwifery education: A 20-year bibliometric analysis

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nurse Education in Practice Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104411

Siobhan O’Connor , Jennie C. De Gagne , Jay Jung Jae Lee , Ruth Harris , Mary Malone , Richard G. Booth

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Abstract

Aim

To provide insights into scientific publications, research trends and knowledge gaps on social media in nursing and midwifery education

Background

Social media is widely used in nursing and midwifery education to support learning.

Design

Bibliometric analysis

Methods

Scopus was searched using key terms (2004–2023). Results were screened on Rayaan for relevancy leaving 481 studies. Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer aided the bibliometric analysis to understand the volume and scope of research on social media in nursing and midwifery education.

Results

Pedagogical research on social media in nursing and midwifery increased steadily since 2004, with a slight decrease in 2022 possibly due to the coronavirus pandemic. The countries which published most in the field were the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada and their institutions and researchers had numerous co-authorship links with others across the globe. Six main research themes emerged – 1) diversity of social media, 2) learning on social media, 3) impact of social media during COVID-19, 4) professionalism on social media, 5) interprofessional education and 6) pedagogy in social media education.

Conclusion

Pedagogical research on social media in nursing and midwifery education is growing. This evidence can help educators and students make the most of these dynamic technologies for learning. Further research into newer online platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn, exploring social media for the continuing professional development of nurses and midwives and more rigorous experimental research examining the effect these technologies have on the learning outcomes of students and practitioners to inform educational practice.

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护理和助产教育中的社会媒体：20年文献计量分析

目的了解社交媒体在护理和助产教育中的科学出版物、研究趋势和知识差距。背景社交媒体广泛应用于护理和助产教育中，以支持学习。方法采用关键词检索scopus（2004-2023）。结果在Rayaan上筛选相关性，留下481项研究。Microsoft Excel和VOSviewer辅助文献计量分析，以了解护理和助产教育中社交媒体研究的数量和范围。结果自2004年以来，护理助产学社交媒体的学科研究稳步增加，2022年可能受冠状病毒大流行的影响略有下降。在该领域发表论文最多的国家是美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大，它们的机构和研究人员与全球各地的其他机构和研究人员有许多共同作者关系。出现了六个主要研究主题：1)社交媒体的多样性，2)社交媒体上的学习，3)COVID-19期间社交媒体的影响，4)社交媒体的专业性，5)跨专业教育和6)社交媒体教育的教育学。结论社交媒体在护理助产教育中的教学研究日益增多。这些证据可以帮助教育工作者和学生充分利用这些动态技术进行学习。进一步研究Instagram、TikTok和LinkedIn等较新的在线平台，探索社交媒体对护士和助产士持续专业发展的影响，并进行更严格的实验研究，研究这些技术对学生和从业者学习成果的影响，为教育实践提供信息。

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Nurse Education in Practice NURSING-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

9.40%

发文量

180

审稿时长

51 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments. It is supportive of new authors and will be at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.