Introduction.

COVID-19 pandemic has doubled the use of Social Networks in medical education, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, due to the sanitary restrictions affecting social distance. For that reason, we decided to implement the use of Twitter and Instagram during histological practical lessons in order to overcome these limitations.

Material and methods.

Use of Twitter and Instagram for practical learning in Histology both inside and outside the classroom. After the practical lessons, students filled a satisfaction survey via Google Forms, whose results were then analyzed statistically.

Results.

The survey was filled by 261 students. 86,6% of them thought that the use of social networks improved the global dynamics of the practical lessons. In the same way, most of the students perceived that thanks to these tools their implication (70,9%) and attention (59,5%) increased during the practices. Finally, 63,1% considered very useful for their study the Instagram posts uploaded by professors.

Conclusion.

Twitter and Instagram arise as useful resources for practical education in Histology since students appear to be satisfied and motivated with the use of these social networks for their learning.

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