Social media has left its infancy and most people use it many hours a day. This talk considers ways an emerging professional in human anatomy can benefit from the use of social networking. The areas discussed include professional networking, teachings, and lifelong learning.

1. Social Media and the
Modern Human Anatomist:
Reach, Teach, Learn
Mike Pascoe, PhD
@mpascoe
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2. Social Media
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3. #ProSem

4. #ProSem

5. 66%
of online American adults use social
networking sites, according to the
2012 Pew Internet Project
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6. What do Americans do online?
Social media
23%
Other
34%
10% Games
3%
3% 8%
3%
3% 4% 4% 4%
Email
Nielsen, Aug 2010

8. Media
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9. Media
Information
Sender Receiver
Wendy Maynard #ProSem

10. Mass Media Receiver
Information
Sender Receiver
Receiver
Wendy Maynard #ProSem

11. Social Media
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Participant Participant
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Wendy Maynard #ProSem

12. Social Anatomy
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Researcher Student
Information
Wendy Maynard #ProSem

14. Modern Human Anatomy
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15. Seminar Objectives
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16. Reach
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17. “I’m not wasting my life online-
I’m building my brand.”
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19. mike pascoe
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20. #ProSem

21. #ProSem

23. Conference networking
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24. #ProSem

25. Share your work
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28. #ProSem

29. #ProSem

31. Teach
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32. Current events for immediate meaning
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33. Current events for immediate meaning
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34. The happiest and saddest states
according to Twitter
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35. Student feedback
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36. Share lab relevant info
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37. Share lab relevant info
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38. Keep anatomy fun!
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39. Course #hashtag

40. Social Media and the
Modern Human Anatomist:
Reach, Teach, Learn
Mike Pascoe, PhD
@mpascoe
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41. Adjust your teaching
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42. Students ask questions
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43. Take Home Messages
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44. Office hours
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45. Practice using information
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46. Instructor approved sources
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47. Learning outside of class
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48. Announcements
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49. Meet them where they are!
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51. 125 Students
Seminar Course
55 Students 70 Students
Control Group Twitter Group
1 semester
National Survey
Student Engagement
Semester
G.P.A. #ProSem

52. Control Twitter
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6 3.0
5 2.5
4 2.0
3 1.5
2 1.0
1 0.5
0 0
NSSE G.P.A.
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57. Learn
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58. Tweetchat
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59. Follow anatomy journals
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60. #ProSem

61. “We find that the volume of Twitter mentions is statistically
correlated with arXiv downloads and early citations just
months after the publication of a preprint.”
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62. #ProSem

63. Gain perspective
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64. Develop efficient communication
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65. Seminar Take Home Messages
‣ Social media can exponentially amplify your networking
potential early in your career (85 characters)
‣ Teaching points can be reinforced through use of social
media (61 characters)
‣ If effectively filtered, social media provides a wealth of
information, from around the world, when ever you
want, where ever you want (134 characters)
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66. Sir William Osler
@OslerMD
Canadian physician, pathologist, internist, educator,
bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker.
London • http://hopkinsmedicine.org
The old art cannot possibly be
replaced by, but must be
incorporated in, the new science.
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67. Capstone Project
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68. PubMed search: “social media”
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