Good practices in harnessing social media for scholarly discourse, knowledge translation, and education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There still remains a gap between those who conduct science and those who engage in educating others about health sciences through various forms of social media. Few empirical studies have sought to define useful practices for engaging in social media for academic use in the health professions. Given the increasing importance of these platforms, we sought to define good practices and potential pitfalls with help of those respected for their work in this new field.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study, guided by constructivist grounded theory principles, of 17 emerging experts in the field of academic social media. We engaged in a snowball sampling technique and conducted a series of semi-structured interviews. The analytic team consisted of a diverse group o

SUBMITTER: Lu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439800 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature