and as a Health Professional

1.23 billion FB monthly active users as of December, 2013

757 million FB daily active users on average as of December 2013

255 million Twitter monthly active users worldwide

500 million Tweets a day which means about 5,700 Tweets a second

Most followers = Katy Perry: 53,656,910

Pros and cons

In groups of 5 think about the possible pros and cons of using social media, personally

and/or professionally

@WeNurses is run by Teresa Chinn who is a registered nurse. Teresa was an agency nurse who found herself professionally isolated and reached out to social media to connect with other nurses. It was Teresa who first brought the concept of Twitter chats to nursing in the UK

Stephen’s Storyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-

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The BBC reported on nurse who has been suspended from nursing for six months after foul-mouthed outbursts on Facebook.

The article states:

“The NMC said her offensive posts on the social networking site were likely to reflect badly on the profession.”

Care home assistants suspended for mocking elderly residents by gurning and posing with zimmer frames

We all have a digital footprint...

Thing 1:Map your digital footprint

Image from ericaglasier.com

Thing 2:Check your Facebook profile

(http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/tools)

Thing 3:Google Yourself

“ to promote the dignity of all students and staff at the University

by eliminating all forms of offensive behaviour, and

to establish a working and learning environment free from harassment and aggression”SU Dignity at Work and Study Policy

Thing 4Read the CHHS Social Media Guidelines

(on Blackboard)

Thing 5: Using Twitter

Keep up-to-date. If you are new to Twitter follow @wenurses who hold regular tweet chats on different nursing topics using the #wenurses or use the class hashtag #CHHSM14

Follow your College and lecturers on twitter eg: @Bartontd or @hywel_t or @humanandhealth

Follow your nursing organisation in twitter eg: @theRCN

Don’t want to sign up? You can still lurk! http://twitter.com/search

Why should you use twitter?

Thing 6: Blogging

Blogs are web logs (like an online diary)

Useful for keeping up-to-date, knowledge sharing and networking.

For examplehttp://studentblogs.swan.ac.uk/martin-morgan

What are blogs?

Always be sensible!

“[don’t] say anything you wouldn’t attach your name to, even if anonymous. Every comic little anecdote you might share about work could be another person’s tragedy. Be mindful.”

From the Guardian online chat: “How are Social Workers using Social Media”, comment by “Civil Servant”

Thing 7: Using the web

Which of the three sites would you use for information and why?

1. http://www.genochoice.com

2. http://geneticsandsociety.org

3. http://www.gig.org.uk/

Evaluating Web Resources

Check:

◦Who wrote the information? Do they have relevant qualifications? Have they written other material on the subject? Do they have a bias?

◦When was the information published? Is it current enough for your needs?

◦Why was the page put on the web? Is it selling or promoting something? Is it biased?

Where is it from? Clues in the URL

Health in Wales – http://www.wales.nhs.uk

Dept. of Health – http://www.dh.gov.uk

Evidence Search - http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/

Welsh Government – http://www.wales.gov.uk

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