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Tweetchat with #HealthXPh

Just had an interesting and mind-boggling hour at the #HealthXPh Saturday night tweetchat! It's my first time to join and there are lots of good ideas. These were the keypoints tackled during the chat:

T1: Is it ethical to share patient stories on social media to enhance learning?
T2: How would social media "virality" relate to health outcomes?
T3: How can social media make healthcare research enjoyable?

Let's go through each and follow the ideas transpiring from the group.
T1: Is it ethical to share patient stories on social media to enhance learning?

#healthXPh T1 Yes, if patient permission is attained
— Yinka Vidal (@YinkaVidal) February 28, 2015

T1 Public information exists in a context of power and consent, and we must construct our ethics in that context #HealthXPh
— Marie Ennis-O'Connor (@JBBC) February 28, 2015

T1 Easy to say ok if with consent. But how can instructors monitor SoMe activity of students? Registry of student SoMe accounts? #HealthXPH
— Henri I. (@henriigna) February 28, 2015

My student shared a pic from Fig 1 app on Facebook. Network students/MDs on app. If shared outside? @YinkaVidal @bonedoc #healthXPh
— Iris Thiele Isip Tan (@endocrine_witch) February 28, 2015

T1 Better if students have a private learning forum amongst themselves to talk about learning and absorb the lessons #healthxph
— Annette McKinnon (@anetto) February 28, 2015

@anetto agree also that sharing of patient stories should be limited on a forum with privacy limited to learners #healthxph
— Remo Aguilar (@bonedoc) February 28, 2015

T1 if just for learning we don't have to declare the case as true but hypothetical to protect health professional and patient! #healthxph
— Teddy Herbosa (@Teddybird) February 28, 2015

@helenvmadamba @raylabra @bonedoc Done in forum controlled by the university as a learning tool. Promoting interdisciplinary #healthXPh
— Annette McKinnon (@anetto) February 28, 2015

T2: How would social media "virality" relate to health outcomes?

@giasison #HealthXPH Virality may mean sharing frenzy = higher audience reach and impressions.
— Henri I. (@henriigna) February 28, 2015

Context was for health promotion on #SoMe. Does likes translate to health outcomes? @JBBC #healthxph
— Iris Thiele Isip Tan (@endocrine_witch) February 28, 2015

T2 is a very good area for research. We need tools for measuring these! #healthxph
— HealthXPh (@HealthXPh) February 28, 2015 

We need more docs and allied HCPs to use social media to add credible information and resources to the online health discourse #HealthXPh
— Marie Ennis-O'Connor (@JBBC) February 28, 2015

T3: How can social media make healthcare research enjoyable?

T3 #SoMe connects health professionals/experts around the world, and for FREE. Isn't that cool enough? Learning from the best! #HealthXPH
— Gilbert Mina (@GiboMina) February 28, 2015

Join us in the next #HealthXPh tweetchat next Saturday at 9 PM!

Onboard social media

I'm like a dog learning new tricks on social media. Being a pensive person myself, I've been used to writing for catharsis and the diary has been my friend for quite a while. However times change, and I want to get away with the old and get onboard with the new (well at least for me.)

Early this year, I created my twitter account. Call me 'ancient' but that's me! I am usually a late adaptor when it comes to technology. Nevertheless, I was inspired by professionals I met recently and I want to start a blog too not for emotional purging anymore but for informative and professional purposes and to make good use of my profession as a nurse too.

Last Saturday, February 21, 2015 in Cebu, I helped organize the first Philippine Healthcare Social Media Summit (#hcsmPH) intiated by #HealthXPh, a social media group founded by four Filipino doctors namely Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, Dr. Remo-tito Aguilar, Dr. Narciso Tapia and Dr. Ma. Gia Sison. The highlight of the event was the Social Media Manifesto for healthcare providers. 

I advocate for this Social media (SoMe) Manifesto for HCPs crafted by #HealthXPh primarily because it directly addresses the issues going on in social media especially on Facebook. To cite some, I recall seeing nurses posting about their patients, some even with matching pictures to complement them. What a shame I committed for my profession- only scrolling down on those posts and letting them go on!

Being part of the working team for the summit reminded me to uphold my profession consistently and that includes the responsible use of SoMe. As one of the summit speakers said, "Respect begets respect- this is the heart of Social Media." Agree to this 100 %. I would want to be respected anywhere and that doesn't exclude being talked about on social media even if my identity is referred to as Ms. X.

If you are a healthcare provider and you support responsible and professional use of SoMe, help spread the word and sign at http://healthxph.net/manifesto