Learn how to use !Twitter effectively in Medical!

Education

!Alireza Jalali, MD!www.ajalali.com

#CERetreat

By the end of this session attendees will be able to:

• Define the basic Twitter terms !• Link webpages / journal articles to their

Tweets!• Explain how Twitter adds to education practice!• Moderate a twitter discussion!• Archive a twitter feed using other software!• Describe appropriate Twitter etiquette

• 77% identified using social networking tools for 2 or more hours a day

• Among the social networking tools investigated, participants identified Facebook (53%), Text Messaging (47%) and YouTube (31%) as the three most popular for educational purposes.

Investigating the Use of Social Networking Tools Among Medical Students!Jeewanjit Gill, Timothy Wood, Alireza Jalali! 2013 Canadian Conference on Medical Education

• Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service !

• 2013: 500 Million users, 100,000 tweets / minute!

• "Texting" of Internet.

#CCME13 #OB4

• @User!– Short, Real Name, Photo!

• Direct Message!• Reply Vs Mention

#CCME13 #OB4

• # A hashtag is used to mark keywords or topics in a tweet. !

• Keep them short (120 - Max.140)!• RT - MT !• #FF, #MedEd, #HCSM, #FOAM, #HCSMCA!• Answer Tweets, Interact

#CCME13 #OB4

www.Paper.li!!

(www.meded2.com)

www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/

  Practical & Ethical Issues•Do all learners use Twitter? Can't force them to creat an account.

•Stay Safe : Security Setting, Passwords, Spams.

•No Privacy Online.

•THINK twice, Tweet once!

THANK YOU !

ajalali.com!