"Failing Up" on Social Media-Finding Opportunities in Moments of #Fail

• Authors: Judith Gadde, Emory University; Ryan Peterson, Emory University; Nicholas A. Koontz, Indiana University
• Journal Title: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY
• Volume: Volume 18, Number 3
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | 2021-03-01, Pages 531-533
• Type of Work: Article | Final Publisher PDF
• Publisher DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2020.09.054531
• Subjects: Health Sciences, Radiology; Health Sciences, Health Care Management; Education, Health
• Keywords: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Abstract

Social media (SoMe) has been utilized for many years for medical education but has recently grown because of the increase in online learning during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Several SoMe platforms are commonly used for online medical education (eg, Twitter [Twitter Inc, San Francisco, California], Instagram [Facebook, Inc, Menlo Park, California], Facebook [Facebook, Inc, Menlo Park, California]) [1, 2, 3]. Twitter has become popular among radiologists for medical education with obstacles occurring along the way. This article represents a collection of experiences from three neuroradiologists who use Twitter to disseminate case-based radiology education as part of institutionally approved curricula. In this article, we share advice for those interested in utilizing SoMe for medical education purposes, including experiences in which obstacles redefined our educational strategies, turning failures into opportunities for improvement.