“How is social media used for learning?”: relationships between social media use by medical students with their self-regulated learning skills

Table 4 SNSME scores based on gender and education stage

SNSME scores	Male (n = 387)		Female (n = 735)		p	Preclinical (n = 628)		Clinical (n = 494)		p	Public (n = 272)		Private (n = 850)		p
SNSME scores	Median	Range	Median	Range	p	Median	Range	Median	Range	p	Median	Range	Median	Range	p
Total score	80	29–95	82	27–95	0.007*	82	27–95	81	29–95	0.23	83	52–95	81	27–95	0.007*
Subscale 1 – Attitudes toward the use of social media for learning and knowledge development (13 items)	59	13–65	60	13–65	0.258	60	13–65	59	14–65	0.29	61	39–65	59	13–65	< 0.001*
Subscale 2 – The use of social media for information sharing and interaction (3 items)	12	4–15	13	5–15’	0.002*	13	5–15	13	4–15	0.66	13	6–15	13	4–15	0.653
Subscale 3 – The use of social media for knowledge development and research (3 items)	9	3–15	10	4–15	0.004*	10	3–15	10	3–15	0.64	10	3–15	10	3–15	0.273

*statistically significant. Other bold values highlight the median of the sub-scales with significant difference

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