Digital Medics Academy

What good is social media if we can’t use it to advance healthcare globally? It’s time for Doctors to be at the forefront of health information on social media. Listen to our founder @Dr_Adanna explain why! #ImADigitalMedic #DigitalMedicsAcademy #healthcare

Looking forward to meeting, learning and connecting with #MedEd industry leaders at #AMEE2022 ✈️ It’s going to be a truly amazing week!

Listening to #EdSheeran on the way to catch an early morning flight for #AMEE2022 ✈️ There’s just something about early mornings - An absolute vibe ! 😎 Looking forward to a packed week of learning, networking, collaborating and most importantly having FUN! 💃🏾

Reminder for Doctors: Social media doesn't have to be scary, remember it's not about you, but rather about helping and educating people. #SocialMediaForDoctors #SocialMediaAndHealthcare

Good morning to everyone except those of you who think doctors should not be on social media. #DigitalMedicsAcademy #SocialMediaForDoctors #SocialMediaAndHealthcare

Social Media Tip 101 for doctors: Before you press share on a post, ask yourself: how does this add value to someone’s health today? #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia #SocialMediaAndHealthcare

Social media tip 101 for doctors: Building a social media presence is not a one size fits all process. Figure out what type of content resonates most with your audience and build on that. #DigitalMedicsAcademy #SocialMediaForDoctors #SocialMediaAndHealthcare

With the rise of medical misinformation and more patients making health decisions based on social media, it is our duty as doctors, to have a social media presence. What’s stopping you? #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Just like no doctor was born with the innate skills to perform surgery on the brain, no one was born a social media expert. It is a learning process #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Social media has given doctors a platform not just to demystify medicine and make accurate medical information more accessible, but also to share some of the challenges they face practising medicine such as physician burnout #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Considering the increasing rate of the grass root adoption of social media by medical educators, we are of the opinion that medical school curricula needs to be updated to incorporate this phenomenon #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia #MedicalEducation

The main point of advocating for doctors to embrace social media as a tool to share medical information is to increase access to accurate medical information and curb the spread of medical misinformation #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

On social media in medical education: Unlike the traditional classroom learning methods, social media is user-generated, innovative and opens up a new dimension of participatory/ interactive learning #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Although the concept of social media is unfamiliar to some medical educators, using it as a teaching and learning tool in medical education has been noticed to be valuable #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia #MedicalEducation

Check out our latest article to find out 6 proven social media strategies for doctors to tackle medical misinformation. linkedin.com/pulse/6-proven… #DoctorsOnSocialMedia #DigitalMedicsAcademy #MedicalMisinformation

Aside from giving doctors a platform to share medical information & connect with patients, social media has also provided doctors with the opportunity to reshape the narrative about medicine & humanize the profession in the process #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Social media is evidently a more efficient means, not just to distribute medical information to patients but also to consume information as doctors #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Tread with caution when creating content that includes patients with rare medical conditions as it can be easy to identify them even without their personal information #DoctorsOnSocialMedia #DigitalMedicsAcademy #PatientConfidentiality

Although individual bits of patient information may not single handedly breach confidentiality, the cumulation of information published online could identify a patient #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia #PatientConfidentiality

Most doctors on social media are familiar with the more obvious mistakes like breaching patient confidentiality but how about the not-so-obvious ones? Check out our latest article to find out more linkedin.com/pulse/3-underr… #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia

Social media boasts an enormous amount of benefits in healthcare but the legal and professional consequences of inappropriate use, even when unintentionally, can be devastating #DigitalMedicsAcademy #DoctorsOnSocialMedia