1. Learn how to use !
Twitter effectively in Medical!
Education
!
Alireza Jalali, MD!
www.ajalali.com
#CERetreat
2. 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
3.
4. • 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
5. • Twitter is an online social
networking and microblogging
service !
• 2013: 500 Million users, 100,000
tweets / minute!
• "Texting" of Internet.
#CCME13 #OB4
6.
7. • @User!
– Short, Real Name, Photo!
• Direct Message!
• Reply Vs Mention
#CCME13 #OB4
8. • # 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
39. 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!