Professional use of social media in education. research and clinical practice

PROFESSIONAL USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Prof Rhoda Weiss

Presentation at Hope and CopeJewish General Hospital

Jan. 14, 2014Montreal

• Introduction• Definitions and context • Challenges and opportunities

• Photo gallery: education, research, clinical practice

• What next?

• Discussion

OBJECTIVES

Professional use of social media in education, research and clinical practice

• New mobile devices for better communication, collaboration and access to information …24/7 ;

• New online social networks and social media tools;

• Increased clinical and pedagogical use of social media in hospitals and universities around the world;

• Informed consumers and e-patients (“engaged, empowered, educated, expert ”);

• Recent explosion of articles and reports on the subject: systematic literature reviews, case studies, research reports, guidelines and best practices, videos and conference slide presentations.

CONTEXT

http://vimeo.com/53034454

Social media revolution 2013

Challenges and opportunities

• “Social media is not going away; it will continue to change and grow in ways that we can’t even foresee today.” Dr. Kevin Pho

• “Social media is transforming medicine and healthcare. “ Dr. Bertalan Mesko

• Students today have grown up with computers, mobile devices and social media…not so for professors, clinicians….;

• A new pedagogy is emerging ….. A new clinical practice…Mayo,

Stanford, Harvard, Tufts, UBC, U Ottawa..

• We are in a connected age…

http://vimeo.com/76178422

Social media for physicians: What’s the value and how to get started. Dr. Ali Jalali, Professor of Anatomy and Teaching Chair of Faculty of mediciane at the University of Ottawa (october 2013)

PHOTO GALLERY

Books, articles, Web sites

Slide presentations and videos

Courses on social media

BOOKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

RESEARCH

JOURNALS

CONFERENCES

SOCIAL MEDIA COURSE

http://thecourse.webicina.com

http://thecourse.webicina.com

Let’s be creative, innovative and agents of change…

Thank youMerci

rhoda.weiss-lambrou@umontreal.ca