Educational technology and social media tools can be used to enhance medical education. Social media allows for education, professional development, research, and health advocacy. Popular tools like Facebook and YouTube are commonly used for educational purposes by clinicians. Implementing social media requires considering theories of how it enhances learning, as well as practical issues like copyright, professionalism, privacy, and distraction. Social media is best seen as a tool to thoughtfully enhance education when there is a clear benefit, rather than as a replacement for traditional methods.

1. #DalMedEd@arjalali
@arjalali #UODT15
Teaching withTech and
Social Media
Alireza Jalali
MD-Sports Medicine
Distinguished Teacher & Teaching Chair
ajalali.com

2. Je n’ai aucune affiliation (financière ou autre)
avec une entreprise pharmaceutique, un fabricant
d’appareils médicaux ou un cabinet de communication.
I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise)
with a pharmaceutical, medical device or
communications organization.

3. By the end of this session attendees will be able to:
• Describe few technologies used in education; from Social
Media tools (YouTube, Podcast, etc) to Social Networking ones
(Facebook, Twitter, etc).
• Highlight the advantages and perils of these tools.
• Describe the appropriate professional behavior online.

4. Educational Technology
Educational technology is the study and
ethical practice of facilitating learning and
improving performance by creating, using
and managing appropriate technological
processes and resources.
Technology in Education

10. A Framework for Technology Enhanced Learning
Technological approaches should be used to enhance learning
where there is a clear benefit to patient care

11. Gartner Hype Cycle

12. Creation Vs Curation

13. A social structure made up of individuals (or
organizations) called "nodes", which are tied (connected)
by one or more specific types of interdependency, such
as: friendship, common interest, relationships, etc.
Social Networking and Clinician Educators
Alireza Jalali
Le Spécialiste, Vol. 16, No HS-1, P. 45, Janvier 2014
http://issuu.com/lafmsq/docs/finalepdfang/45?e=2669958%2F6583911
Social Network

14. 14
Why #SoMe ? Digital World
Health Advocacy & Social Accountability

15. #SoMe in #MedEd
• Education
• Leadership & CPD
• Research

16. What theories support the use of SoMe in MedEd:
How and Why?
#SoMeSummit
Education

17. Results:
• Overall, 85% of respondents use social networking tools for 2 or
more hours a day.
• The tools utilized most frequently on a daily and weekly basis were
Facebook (56%) and YouTube (40%), respectively.
• Facebook® (53%) and YouTube® (31%) were the most popular
tools used specifically for educational purposes, facilitating
learning related to lectures and physician skills development,
respectively.

19. www.podcasting101.ca
Technology in Education

23. e-Patient

24. 24
Prevention and Public Health

31. www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/six_social-media_skills_every_leader_needs
Six social-media skills every leader needs
Leadership

32. Social capital is used to describe the nature of relations among
organizational members, as well as the relations between the organization and
its external stakeholders, competitors, and/or partners.
Social capital has been described as an actual and potential resource
embedded in relationships among individuals , and it increasingly is seen as an
important predictor of group and organizational performance (Adler, 2002).

33. Phase 1 Planning
Phase 2 Development and engagement
Phase 3 Implementation
Phase 4 Dissemination
Research

34. • Open Access (Journals & Blogs)
• Post-publication peer review
• Altmetrics (Article Level Metrics)
• Conferences (Symplur, #)

35. • Twitter is an online social networking and
microblogging service
• 2013: +500 Million users, 200,000 tweets /
minute
• "Texting" of Internet.
• @User
• # A hashtag is used to mark keywords or
topics in a tweet: #MedEd, #HCSM, #HCSMCA
#CCME13 #OB4
#UODT15

36. www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/
Tweeting during conferences: educational or just another distraction?
Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
Medical Education; 47: 1129-1130, 2013 DOI: 10.1111/medu.12337
Analyzing Online Impact of Canadian Conference of Medical Education through Tweets
Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
Education In Medicine Journal, 5(3), Sept. 2013 doi:10.5959/eimj.v5i3.162

38. Boyer's
“Scholarship Reconsidered”

40. • Can't force people to create an account!
• Copyright and plagiarism
•Institutional Policy? Who's in charge of the account?
Crisis Communication Plan
•Stay Safe : Security Setting, Passwords, Spams.
•Time management : Distraction, FOMO, Teach Curation
•Professionalism (Dissemination!)
Ethical and Practical Issues

44. TakeHome Message
•Health Advocacy & Social Accountability
•Education, Professional Development, Research
•Needs Assessment: Goal, Audience, Best Tool
•Technology is only a Tool: Don't believe the hype!
•Start Small, Observe and Interact
•Time management, Curation
•Professionalism (Dissemination!)
•No Privacy Online: THINK twice Tweet once!

45. Thank U
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