Liu Lisa, Woo Benjamin K P
Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
JMIR Med Educ. 2021 Jan 19;7(1):e17598. doi: 10.2196/17598.
Twitter is a rapidly growing social media site that has greatly integrated itself in the lives of students and professionals in the medical field. While Twitter has been found to be very helpful in facilitating education, there is also great potential for its usage as a social support system. Social support has become more essential as society grapples with declining mental health, particularly in the medical sector. In our previous paper, we saw that Twitter provides a promising tool to learn more about the online conversation about dementia and, in particular, the supportive network that can be created. Inspired by this, we decided to investigate the potential of using Twitter as a support system for students and professionals in the medical field. In this paper, we explore the current state of mental health in the medical field and suggest practical implementation methods for using Twitter.
推特是一个迅速发展的社交媒体平台,它已深度融入医学领域学生和专业人士的生活。虽然人们发现推特在促进教育方面非常有帮助,但它作为一种社会支持系统的应用潜力也很大。随着社会应对日益下降的心理健康问题,尤其是在医疗领域,社会支持变得愈发重要。在我们之前的论文中,我们发现推特提供了一个很有前景的工具,可用于更多地了解关于痴呆症的在线讨论,特别是可以创建的支持网络。受此启发,我们决定研究将推特用作医学领域学生和专业人士支持系统的潜力。在本文中,我们探讨了医学领域心理健康的现状,并提出了使用推特的实际实施方法。