Digital Scholar Webinar: Social Media and the 21st-Century Scholar: How Researchers Can Harness Social Media to Amplify Their Career

Title: Social Media and the 21st-Century Scholar: How Researchers Can Harness Social Media to Amplify Their Career

Speaker: Teresa M. Chan, MD, MHPE, Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Overview: Improving health care requires better dissemination of research discoveries to reach practitioners, patients, and the public. Effective scholarship is essential to achieve this goal. The speaker Dr. Chan argues that it is "incumbent on scientists and scholars to use every tool in their armamentarium, including social media, to reach their intended audiences." 

Suggested article: Social Media and the 21st-Century Scholar: How You Can Harness Social Media to Amplify Your Career  https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(17)31177-8/fulltext

Registration: https://bit.ly/2DczM8w

For more information, please email Katja Reuter (katja.reuter@med.usc.edu) or NamQuyen Le (namquyen.le@med.usc.edu)