Be in the Digital Room Where it Happens, Part II: Social Media for Neurology Educators

Jessica Goldstein; Jaclyn M Martindale; Catherine Albin; Kathryn Xixis; Rachel Gottlieb-Smith; Scott Otallah; Arpita Lakhotia; Lauren D Strauss; Nancy Bass; Roy E Strowd; Adam Rodman

doi:10.1177/2329048X231169400

Be in the Digital Room Where it Happens, Part II: Social Media for Neurology Educators

Child Neurol Open. 2023 Apr 20:10:2329048X231169400. doi: 10.1177/2329048X231169400. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
³ Emory University, Department of Neurology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ University of Virginia, Department of Neurology, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁵ University of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁶ University of Louisville, Department of Neurology, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁷ Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Neurology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
⁸ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of General Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Social media has changed the way we communicate and interact. Unsurprisingly, it has also changed how we teach and learn. Younger generations of learners have transitioned from traditional educational sources to digital ones. Medical educators need to adapt to trends in medical education and develop fluency in the digital methods used by medical learners today. This is part two of a two-part series on social media and digital education in neurology. This article provides an overview of how social media can be used as a teaching tool in medical education and provides an overview in which it is grounded. We offer practical strategies on how social media can promote lifelong learning, educator development, educator support, and foster educator identity with accompanying neurology-specific examples. We also review considerations for incorporating social media into teaching and learning practices and future directions for integrating these tools in neurology education.

Keywords: COVID-19; Instagram; Twitter; child neurology; curriculum; information dissemination; medical education; neurology education; pandemic; social media.

Publication types

Review