Tag Archives: medical education
Pitfalls and positives of social media in medicine today
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) “surveyed the 68 executive directors of all medical and osteopathic boards in the United States and its territories about violations of online professionalism reported to them.” Of those that responded, 92% indicated at least one of a list of online professional violations had [...]
Evaluating information literacy training offered by medical libraries
Discussion of recently published article on information literacy instruction by medical libraries, and an example from our own library.
Teaching medical students to use social media at John Hopkins U
Dr. Margaret “Meg” Chisolm is an advocate for use of Twitter in demystifying psychiatry, and connecting with patients. She is conducting a pilot study on using it in med school.
