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Perception and practices towards the use of social networking sites and artificial intelligence for academic purposes among postgraduate students in various health science courses in South India

Nitin Joseph
1
,
Sathiamoorthy Vineetha
2
,
Farha Mohammed
1
,
Pragya Pandey
3
,
Soumya Tripathi
3
,
Pratham Gupta
3
,
Adit Neeraj
3
,
Harshita Kumari
3
,
Arnav Tiwary
3
,
Ananya Sharma
3

  1. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
  2. Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
  3. Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(3): 290-299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2025.153089
Online publish date: 2025/09/29
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