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Healthcare Education in 140 Characters

Discover how Twitter and other social media platforms can be utilized for professional development in healthcare. Learn about the benefits, statistics, and strategies for learning on Twitter.

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Healthcare Education in 140 Characters

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  1. Healthcare Education in 140 Characters Janice St. John-Matthews Allied Health Professions CPD Lead Senior Lecturer (Diagnostic Imaging) @jstjohnmatthews @Year3ADIS @BAMRR

  2. @Year3ADIS Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADIS) UZYRKD-40-3

  3. Why #SoMe? Why Twitter? • Number of #SoMe options • Twitter statistics • Learning on twitter (Foord & Chinn, 2014) #SUSoME; 24.06.2015

  4. Literature Search: June 2014 • 1: Radiography literature (peer reviewed) • 800+ : Healthcare journals • “Grey Literature” : “We-communities” website Naylor, S (2011). IT&P Robinson, L & Oakley, J. (2014) IT&P Omar, L (2014) SCoR “eZine”

  5. Method: Setting-Up Account

  6. Method: Maintaining Account June 2014 • Concerned as healthcare a/c; not a private a/c • HCPC Code • Institute guidelines June 2015 • NMC guidance • @LeslieRob10 blog

  7. Results • 1st tweet: 25 June 2015 • 95 followers • 708 tweets (average of ~2 per day) • 33/ 47 Year 3 ADIS students following • Most common action “like” • Occasional reply • Unique learning opportunities

  8. Discussion • Unique learning opportunities • Literature Search: June 2015 Lawson & Cowling (2015): Social media: The next frontier for professional development in radiography • Growing personal #SoMe presence

  9. Lessons Learnt • Beware of “K” Index: (Hall, 2014) • 140 characters isn’t always enough… • #EBP • Adjunct not Alternative

  10. What Next? • @Year3ADIS continues • Introduction to Twitter session • Twitter chats: #uzyrkd403; #medradJclub • Multiple student curators: @SUnursing #SUSoME; 24.06.2015

  11. Thank You

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