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Bertalan Mesko, British Medical Journal, medical communication, medicine, meeting, Richard Smith, science communication, Social media, University of Copenhagen, web2.0, WEBicina
Today, on Monday 29 October 2012, Medical Museion and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at University of Copenhagen is hosting a meeting on social media in medical research and practice.
Social media have conquered society. They are now also making their way into medical research and practice. What can doctors and researchers gain from using social media? How will these media change medical science and practice?
The meeting will kick off with 30-minute presentations by international experts in medical science communication and also active social media users:
- Dr. Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), advocate for ”open access publishing” and very active on social media
- Dr. Bertalan Meskó, founder of www.webicina.com and one of the world’s leading experts in the field of medicine and social media
Following the talks, the audience will be invited to discuss with a panel, which also includes MD PhD journalist Charlotte Strøm and me who has had the honor of being refered to as a Danish specialist in medical communication Nina Bjerglund Andersen.
The event is open to everyone and will be in English. No sign-up required.
Event details:
Date: 29 October 2012, 14:00 – 16:00
Location: Haderup-auditoriet, bygning 20, Panum, Nørre Allé 20, Copenhagen
Organiser: Faculty of Health Sciences and Section for Science Communication, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research in collaboration with the Copenhagen Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences.
Contact: Research assistant Lasse Frank, lasse.frank@sund.ku.dk or professor Thomas Söderqvist, thss@sund.ku.dk, tel. 2875 3801
This event looks great! So sad I missed it; I’m a student at the KU Public health faculty doing research on this topic. Do you plan on having any more of these seminars?
It was a good event. Sorry you missed it. You can read about it here http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/10/30/richard-smith-meet-and-learn-from-dr-twitter/
There are no events on the table right now, but the Medical Museion here in Copenhagen has many events related to science communication and are very active on social media. You are of course also welcome to follow this blog and add to the discussions. What is your research project about? It could be interesting to hear more about that!
Thanks for the article! Great read. Would have been awesome to be there. I have bookmarked the blog and will definitely be following it. For my thesis topic I’ll be analysing a few successful case studies of social media in Public health and what it is that has made them work so well. What is the secret to using social media successfully for public health purposes. I’m really excited about it.