2. Social Media
• Dissemination Content creation
• Local global
• Monologue Dialogue
• Passive active
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3. Goal
Examine the use of social media in health
sciences education
Tools
Management
4. Purpose
Information
Sharing
Building Collaboration
relationships
Communication
5. Multidirectional Communication
Community Patients
Institution
Colleagues
Alumni
Faculty
Students Peers
(potential & current)
6. Social Media Tools
• Social networks
– Facebook
– Ning
– Yammer
– LinkedIn
• Publishing platforms
– Twitter
– iTunesU
– Blogging tools
• Media content
– You Tube
– Vimeo
– Flickr
– Slideshare
• Collaboration
– Google Wave
15. Social Media Management
• Matching the tool to the purpose
• Part of a larger communication/media strategy
– SM Manager - UTMB
– Single landing page for SM resources
17. Teaching and Learning
• Information on use more disperse
• Evidence of
– Facebook for class pages
– YouTube for clinical examples
– Google wave for
collaboration
18. Concerns
• HIPAA
• Negative experiences – patients, students,
faculty & staff
• Solution – SM is an extension of communication
policy
19. Ongoing Opportunities
• Use in academic health centers
• Managing content
• Creating dialogue
– Comments, questions
– Replies, Retweets