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Using Twitter in Health Professional Education: A Case Study

A healthcare social media research article published in Journal of Allied Health, December 31, 2014

Title

Using Twitter in Health Professional Education: A Case Study

Authors (alpha)

Gagnon K, Kendra Gagnon

Published

December 31, 2014

Journal

Journal of Allied Health

Pubmed

25743398

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Abstract

The vast majority of health care students, providers, and organizations utilize social media to access and share information. However, there is little research exploring integration of social media into health professional education. This case study describes how the social media site Twitter was used in a first-year physical therapy professionalism course to teach, support, and model professional online communication.

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