Document Type
Article
Department
Emergency Medicine (East Africa)
Abstract
Social media has changed the way we communicate. Wherever you are in the world, various forms of social media are being used by individuals to share information and connect without borders. Due to its ubiquity, social media holds great promise in linking clinicians, scientists, investigators, and the public to change the way we conduct scientific discourse. In this paper, we present a step-by-step guide on optimizing your social media strategy with regards to: research/scholarly practice (discourse, collaboration, recruitment), knowledge translation, dissemination, and education. This guide also highlights key readings that provide guidance to those interested in incorporating social media into their scholarly practice.
Social media has changed the way we communicate. Wherever you are in the world, various forms of social media are being used by individuals to share information and connect without borders. Due to its ubiquity, social media holds great promise in linking clinicians, scientists, investigators, and the public to change the way we conduct scientific discourse. In this paper, we present a step-by-step guide on optimizing your social media strategy with regards to: research/scholarly practice (discourse, collaboration, recruitment), knowledge translation, dissemination, and education. This guide also highlights key readings that provide guidance to those interested in incorporating social media into their scholarly practice.
Publication (Name of Journal)
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Recommended Citation
Dong, J. K.,
Saunders, C.,
Wachira, B.,
Thoma, B.,
Chan, T. M.
(2020). Social media and the modern scientist: a research primer for low- and middle-income countries. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 10(2), s120-s124.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_emerg_med/21
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