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Facilitating international dialogue
in medicine:Combining Medical English
and Social Media in Mallorca
Annalisa Manca,Jonathan McFarland6th September 2015 AMEE – 2015
E-Learning Symposium
INDEX Introducing ….The Networked Doctor The PlayersSocial Media and Medical EnglishThe SettingThe Objectives The WorkshopsResultsFuture
The Quotable Osler (2008 edition), ACP Press - ISBN: 9781934465004
Introducing
The Players Annalisa Manca-
@annalisamancaEducational TechnologistDundee School of Medicine
Jonathan McFarland -@medicalenglishb
Medical English Trainer Freelance
Communication….What communication?
Main Objective Main goalTo help Spanish Doctors network with international
colleagues, and Make them more confident of expanding and
contributing to their own CME
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Results – The Networked Doctor Questionnaire
The questionnaire -19 questions
Participating in the workshops -19
Replying to the questionnaire -10
Pilot Research Project Desire to develop and
continue in future
Level and Use of English
Need for Medical English
Social Media Use
Twitter use - change
50% cited a better and more professional use
Twitter use – benefits
Overall expectations and conclusionsDid workshops fulfill expectations? 100% YESAre Social Media workshops in English important for online Medical networking? 100% YES
Future
Good results/feedback so far Expand – Spanish Regions + more countriesExpand – more workshop subjects – Collaborative
software ( Google drive), Blogging tools ( Wordpress), Reference manager tools ( Mendeley etc)
We feel – just at the infant stages of the project Happy for suggestions, ideas
Take Home Messages
AcknowledgementsDr Alfonso Ballesteros, Director of Patronato
Cientific, COMIB, Palma de Mallorca The Networked Doctor workshop attendees and Annalisa Manca
“ For Life’s enthusiasts” ( Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis)
