Introduction

There is much discussion on the future of education and the influence of technology in the area of education, with much of this being oriented towards social networks, which are developing significantly, including taking advantage of the spaces provided by the Internet.

Objective

The present research had as its main objective to determine how the Facebook tool is evaluated by students and teachers who use it for the teaching of Anatomy courses in the residence of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics specialty hospital in Mexico City.

Method

Qualitative methodology, using semi-structured interviews, was used to examine the experience with Facebook by the students and teachers who used it as a technological tool for teaching a course in Anatomy, part of the residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Hospital for Women and Neonatology.

Results

The results obtained and analysed lead to the conclusion that the impact achieved Facebook is positive in the opinion of both the students and the teachers. Most residents interviewed expressed positive feedback regarding availability, accessibility, attractiveness of materials, improvement of communication, utility and achieving goals. Most teachers interviewed gave satisfactory results as regards motivation, positive contribution, perception of performance of students and content management.

Conclusions

Social networks can have a place in the teaching-learning strategies, but require specific tactics for optimal educational benefit and reducing the disadvantages, such as the generation of multi-tasking on students. At the same time, these little explored social networks like Facebook used in a medical residency can achieve optimisation of the available time and may be a solution to the problem of availability of classrooms in clinical sites.