blogging and other social media for biomedical science

Social Media

for Outreach

You can teach a tenured professor new tricks

#apsComm

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ane,

MD

Pediatric Nephrologist Translating science &

medicine for patients

Physiologist Facilitate discussion between scientists &

physicians across disciplines Editor: ASN Kidney News

Need to drag the nephrologists into the

brave new interactive

world of the internet

Internet ConsiderationsWhy should we bother?

“No law will prevent the

posting of unsubstantiated crap on

the internet.”Pascale H. Lane

“If you’re not part of the

solution, you’re part of

the problem.”Charles Rosner

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Aug 2, 2010 – Present http://scientopia.org/blogs/whizbang

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Media

Used to point people to online

stuff and facilitate discussion &

dissemination

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Facebook

Twitter

Google+

LinkedIn

Tumblr

Location-

based

Foursquare

Visual

Flickr

Youtube

Pinterest

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Media

Jump in the water and

try not to drown Start with Facebook or

LinkedIn and follow the

instructions Start a blog on a free

site like wordpress.com

Sign up for Twitter

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tell you about Twitter, it

will still sound stupid.”Pascale H. Lane

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