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Twitter as a Tool for Nursing Education & Clinical Practice
1. Twitter as a Tool for
Nursing Education &
Clinical Practice
Kimberley R. Barker, MLIS
2. Presentation Overview
⢠Define Twitter
⢠Discuss how Twitter works
⢠Talk about Twitter user statistics & demographics
⢠List examples of relevant groups, associations, and
individuals who use Twitter
⢠Discuss specific ways that healthcare providers use
Twitter
⢠Learn how to get started with Twitter
3. âTwitter is not a technology. It's a conversation. And it's
happening with or without you.â â Charlene Li
4. A social media/microblogging platform
What is Twitter?
⢠Established in 2006
⢠Text-based messages, up to 280 characters
⢠Can also include pictures and videos
⢠Hashtags #
5. How does Twitter work?
Elements of a good tweet or retweet
⢠Compelling âheadlineâ
⢠Text and/or link to article, etc.
⢠Photo/video
⢠âvalue- addâ
⢠Hashtags #
6. Letâs talk about hashtags
⢠Provide context
⢠Search functionality (act as metadata)
⢠Participate in conversations
⢠Collect tweets on a certain topic
*Donât use more than two hashtags
9. General Information
Twitter Use/User Statistics
⢠Projected to reach 275 million active users/month in 2019
⢠500 million tweets sent daily
⢠326 million people use Twitter monthly
⢠71% of users read news there
⢠#1 social media platform among government leaders
10. Twitter Use/User Statistics
Demographic Information
⢠80% of users arenât from the U.S.
⢠24% of U.S. adults use Twitter
⢠45% of U.S. citizens aged 18-25
use Twitter
11. Twitter Use/User Statistics
Patients & Caregivers
⢠60% of consumers say they trust
doctorsâ posts; 36% trust posts from Big
Pharma.
⢠80% of those who engage on social
media are specifically looking for health
information; nearly half are searching for
information about a specific doctor or
health professional.
12. Twitter & Healthcare
Why do healthcare providers use Twitter?
⢠Raise awareness about disease, best practice, etc.
⢠Counter unscientific claims/disseminate evidence-
based information
⢠Build trusted relationships with patients
⢠Monitor public health (data mining)
13. Twitter & Healthcare
Why do healthcare providers use Twitter?
⢠Recruit for study participants
⢠Network
⢠Learn
⢠Teach
14. ⢠Twitter chats
⢠âa public Twitter conversation around one unique hashtag. This
hashtag allows you to follow the discussion and participate in it.â
⢠Conferences
⢠Using the hashtag established for a conference (i.e.,
#ENA19) allows you to follow, participate in, and curate
conversations from the conference
How do healthcare providers engage on Twitter?
15. ⢠Choose your Twitter handle
⢠Create the Page of Opportunity
⢠Write biography; use keywords for Twitterâs algorithm
⢠Choose a high-quality photo of yourself
⢠Choose a cover photo
Getting started with Twitter
17. Find accounts to follow
⢠Search for professional associations
⢠Search for names of people in your field
⢠Search for relevant terms
⢠Create lists to organize your interests
Getting started with Twitter
18. Next steps:
⢠Lurk!
⢠Retweet: value-adds are great, but not necessary
⢠Create original tweets; be sure to:
⢠Use hashtags
⢠Tag people by including their handle
⢠Remember that Twitter is only one part of the
social media biome
⢠Use it as a fishhook to pull readers to long-form
content
Getting started with Twitter
19. Please get in touch!
⢠@KR_Barker
⢠Kimberley@Virginia.edu
⢠www.KimberleyRBarker.com
Questions?
20. Resources
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22. Resources
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23. Resources
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24. Resources
⢠Nurses Association @ANANursingWorld
⢠Hendricks, Samantha. âTen Nursing Accounts you should be following on Twitterâ
https://www.medelita.com/blog/best-nurses-twitter-accounts/
⢠âTwitter Feeds Every Nurse Should Followâ
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