PASAY CITY, Metro Manila- During the workshop on Research of the 2nd Healthcare and Social Media Summit, Dr. Venus Oliva Cloma-Rosales of 101 Health Research promoted the use of Philippine Council for Health Research and Development’s (PCHRD’s) Health Research Information and Development Network (HERDIN).
The HERDIN is an online database which enables online publishing, exchange, and dissemination of quality health information.
PASAY CITY, Metro Manila- During the workshop on Education of the 2nd Philippine Healthcare & Social Media Summit on 21 April 2016 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), speakers who were doctors themselves cited the use of social media in teaching and learning.
According to Dr. Nomar Alvia of UP Manila National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions, maximizing social media is crucial in transmitting and constructing knowledge. Among the processes that social media can promote are feedback, interactivity, integration and reflection.
Dr. Alvia also cited that social media allows four interactivities such as with teachers, with other learners, with learning materials, and with one’s experiences. “Actually there are some teachers who use Twitter in teaching,” he added.
In using Twitter as a tool in teaching, Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan of UP Medical Informatics Unit, emphasized that Twitter can be used as platform to convey credible information sources to students.
“Facebook [is] for connecting with people you went to school with, Twitter [is] for connecting with people you wish to be with,” she explained.
PASAY CITY, Metro Manila- Dr. Willie Ong, a resident doctor of ABS-CBN’s Salamat Dok and a columnist of the Philippine Star, delivered the keynote address for the Healthcare Social Media Summit 2016 co-organized by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) and the #HealthXPh on 21 April 2016 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
On his keynote address, Dr. Willie Ong shared his experiences in writing newspaper articles and books, producing videos, making health advisories, and using social media as platform for promotion and dissemination of health information.
