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!