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One of the fundamental characteristics of social networking platform is its versatility. Regarding to pre defined pedagogy premises it is possible to elaborate educational programs for any type of theme. Health is one of the areas that are being influenced by the possibilities offered by social networking platform. There are already many ongoing projects dedicated to the teaching of health practice and concepts of health. In this context, this paper focuses primarily on the development of a solution for teachers and students engaged on their 3rd year of undergraduate Medicine course, in the University Hospital. All the participants are enrolled in the Internal Medicine discipline, defining the student’s entrance into the hospital routine. The model views for an open dialog that should allow an exchange of medical knowledge, in the sense of reaching a better solution for specific problems within each group.
This study have received the financial resource from CNPq – National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.
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Frajhof, L., Arantes, A.C.C., dos Santos Cardozo, A.T., de Lucena, C.J.P., de Lucena, C.A.P., Mont’Alvão, C.R. (2013). Usability of a Social Network as a Collaborative Learning Platform Tool for Medical Students. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services. HCI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39262-7_42
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