The Oral Presentation given at the E-Learning Symposium at AMEE 2015 in Glasgow

1. Facilitating international
dialogue in medicine:
Combining Medical English and
Social Media in Mallorca
Annalisa Manca,
Jonathan McFarland
6th September 2015AMEE – 2015
E-Learning Symposium

2. INDEX
 Introducing ….The Networked Doctor
 The Players
 Social Media and Medical English
 The Setting
 The Objectives
 The Workshops
 Results
 Future

3. The Quotable Osler (2008 edition), ACP Press - ISBN: 9781934465004

4. Introducing

5. The Players
 Annalisa Manca-
@annalisamanca
 Educational Technologist
 Dundee School of Medicine
 Jonathan McFarland -
@medicalenglishb
 Medical English Trainer
 Freelance

7. Communication….What
communication?

8. Main Objective
 Main goal
 To help Spanish Doctors network with international
colleagues, and
 Make them more confident of expanding and
contributing to their own CME

10. Workshop 1

11. Workshop 2

12. Results – The Networked Doctor
Questionnaire
 The questionnaire -19
questions
 Participating in the
workshops -19
 Replying to the
questionnaire -10
 Pilot Research Project
 Desire to develop and
continue in future

13. Level and Use of English

14. Need for Medical English

15. Social Media Use

16. Twitter use - change
50% cited a better and more
professional use

17. Twitter use – benefits

18. Overall expectations and
conclusions
Did workshops fulfill expectations? 100% YES
Are Social Media workshops in English important for online
Medical networking? 100% YES

19. Future
 Good results/feedback so far
 Expand – Spanish Regions + more countries
 Expand – more workshop subjects – Collaborative
software ( Google drive), Blogging tools ( Wordpress),
Reference manager tools ( Mendeley etc)
 We feel – just at the infant stages of the project
 Happy for suggestions, ideas

20. Take Home Messages

21. Acknowledgements
 Dr Alfonso Ballesteros, Director of Patronato Cientific,
COMIB, Palma de Mallorca
 The Networked Doctor workshop attendees and
 Annalisa Manca
“ For Life’s enthusiasts” ( Adventures in Human
Being, Gavin Francis)

22. “Tapadh leibh”……..and Keep in
Touch
 a.manca@dundee.ac.uk
 @annalisaManca
 mcfarland.jonathan@gmail.
com
 @medicalenglishb