Cooper Benjamin R, Concilla Anthony, Albrecht J Mark, Bhukhan Aashni, Laughter Melissa R, Anderson Jaclyn B, Rundle Chandler W, McEldrew Emily C, Presley Colby L
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO USA.
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA USA.
Curr Dermatol Rep. 2022;11(2):103-109. doi: 10.1007/s13671-022-00359-4. Epub 2022 Apr 25.
We explore the utility of social media platforms as educational tools in dermatology, providing a summary of how these sites are used by the public and dermatologists alike, and demonstrating ways these findings may be applied for educational purposes.
Over half of the world's population utilizes social media platforms. More recently, these platforms have increasingly been used for educational purposes. In the field of dermatology, a large portion of the educational content is coming from users with no formal medical or dermatologic training.
Each of the top five social media platforms in the world (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook) has unique qualities which people may utilize to educate fellow users. As more of the population seeks online health information and education, it is important that dermatologists, while taking ethical considerations into account, become more comfortable facilitating educational content on social media.
我们探讨社交媒体平台作为皮肤科教育工具的效用,总结公众和皮肤科医生如何使用这些平台,并展示如何将这些发现应用于教育目的。
全球超过一半的人口使用社交媒体平台。最近,这些平台越来越多地被用于教育目的。在皮肤科领域,很大一部分教育内容来自没有接受过正规医学或皮肤科培训的用户。
世界上排名前五的社交媒体平台(推特、照片墙、抖音、优兔和脸书)各有独特之处,人们可以利用这些特点来教育其他用户。随着越来越多的人寻求在线健康信息和教育,皮肤科医生在考虑伦理因素的同时,更自如地在社交媒体上提供教育内容非常重要。