Examples of Social Media in CME?

I met with a group today interested in seeing how we could use social media tools for Continuing Medical Education (CME), which is now called Continuous Professional Development. Someone asked what is being done at other centers, so as a demo of the power of social media, I said I would use social tools to ask the crowd for some answers and examples.

Please post your examples in the comments below.

Zurich Presentation and a 36th Thesis

Here are the slides for a presentation I’m delivering via videoconference this morning to a large gathering in Zurich, Switzerland. It’s entitled, “Why Social Media are Essential to the Future of Healthcare,” and it led me to develop a 36th thesis that may work its way into future presentations.

Zurich Presentation

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A New Van for Bekah and Ruthie

This evening as I traveled to Winona for the #WSUPRSSA presentation on social media, I got to meet my youngest daughters and swap vehicles with them, so they would have reliable college transportation. Here’s the video I shot when they saw it for the first time. Having video also enables Lisa to get in on the fun, even though she wasn’t able to be there.

This also gives me a chance to show the WSUPRSSA group how easy it is to write a blog post.

Winona State University PRSSA Presentation

Here are the slides for the presentation I’m giving in Winona, Minnesota tonight, at an event sponsored by the local PRSSA chapter and the Winona State University Department of Communications.

Practical Application of Social Media in Business and Professions

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I look forward to some good discussion and to interactions with students, professors and community members.

Air Travel and Health Care

Somehow I missed this post from @ePatientDave late last week (I’ll blame it on the visit from @zorg20, @jknl and the rest of their Dutch delegation, which was excellent but left my inbox overflowing. That and lots of high school basketball games.)

Anyway, enough blame shifting. Dave embedded this great video, which is only 20 days old as of this writing, but already has amassed nearly 40,000 views.

Lots of people have made the connection between air travel and health care from the safety perspective, noting that with 100,000 people dying each year because of medical errors, that’s like a fully loaded 747 crashing every day of the year. Making a similar argument from the patient service/customer service perspective is brilliant.

Thanks to Dave for highlighting this, and to my colleague Jim for bringing it to my attention.