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MedEdPearls May 2018: This MedEdPearl highlights the growing role of social media in medical education. Whether your interest is teaching, research, or patient education, determine your purpose and intended audience before using social media.
#theCGEA 2018 conference in Rochester Minnesota was hosted by @mayoFacDev. There were schools like @OhioStatemed and scholars like @stanhamstra. Publications @JournalofGME, @MedEdPORTAL and @TLMedEd were represented, editors like @anna_cianciolo and @debsimpson3 participated.
The first 279 characters of this #MedEdPearl demonstrate the proliferation of social media in medical education #SoMe. During these times of unfavorable news about social media one pearl was reiterated by #SoMe scholars like Daniel Cabrera (@CabreraERDR) and power users like Gary Beck Dallaghan (@GLBDallaghan) at @theCGEA:
Whether your interest is teaching, research or patient education, determine your purpose and intended audience before using social media. Let your goals drive your decisions about platform, strategies and connections.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center hosts a blog with several useful articles about #SoMe. It includes a quick start, Lingo, Tips to Grow Your Twitter Followers, Common Mistakes, Tweet Chats, and the power of using twitter at conferences.
Share the #SoMe resources do you recommend at #MedEdPearls
About the MedEdPearls Author
The MedEdPearls are a collaborative, peer-reviewed, monthly brief intended to provide practical tips and strategies for medical and health professions educators to enhance teaching and learning.
Larry Hurtubise
PhD
- Curriculum and Instruction Consultant, Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, Ohio State University
- Jean Bailey, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Carrie Bowler, EdD, MS, MLSCM (ASCP) – Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development
- Kristina Dzara, PhD, MMSc (Educators ’16; Assessment ’16; HCE 2.0 ’17) – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
- Shanu Gupta, MD, SFHM – University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital
- Jennifer Hillyer, PhD – Northeast Ohio Medical University
- Larry Hurtubise, PhD, MA (HCE 2.0 '16) – The Ohio State University
- Anna Lama, EdD, MA – West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Machelle Linsenmeyer, EdD, NAOME (Assessment ’07) – West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Skye McKennon, PharmD, BCPS, ACSM-GEI – Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
- Rachel Moquin, EdD, MA – Washington University School of Medicine
- Stacey Pylman, PhD – Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
- Leah Sheridan, PhD – Northeast Ohio Medical University
- Lonika Sood, MBBS, MHPE – Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
- Mark Terrell, EdD – Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Stacey Wahl, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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