Social Media: An Innovative and Effective Tool for Educational and Research Purposes of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Professionals

“Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.” is one of the first established sayings that means acquiring knowledge is an open end path. The saying “Learn the knowledge, though in China”, means “the pursuit of knowledge is obligatory for any Muslim anywhere”. Todays, students live in social media where they find the instinctual needs to connect with each other. Socializing has been always around in one form or another and the majority of times in the groups of similar harmonious people which different subjects of interests are shared. Media includes the tools and technologies to make connections such as TV, radio, websites, photos, and drawings. More advanced type of media are internet based websites and applications. An educational social network is a group of people who use media for the purpose of learning. The amount of interaction and participation could differ to a great extent among followers and the members of a network. Many of the academic social networking have been approved and established for academic purposes. Members can make profiles, create or join scientific and medical discussion groups and channels, share pictures, audios, voice memos, and videos. Potential of having a profound impact on virtual practices for teaching objectives exists. Social media enables the faculties to facilitate learning for the students to conduct surveys within the members of a group with common goals and/or backgrounds. We are proposing that social media can be benefiting pharmacists or other health care providers in their educational journey.