Facilitating International Dialogue in Medicine: combining Medical English and Social Media in...

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)

“Tapadh leibh”……..and Keep in Touch

a.manca@dundee.ac.uk @annalisaManca

mcfarland.jonathan@gmail.com

@medicalenglishb