#EducationInTheTimeOfCOVID: Leveraging social media to teach during the COVID‐19 pandemic pandemonium.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Coleman, Caroline G., ; Law, Karen L.; Spicer, Jennifer O.
- Source
- Medical Education; Sep2020, Vol. 54 Issue 9, p852-853, 2p
- Subject
- Medical students
Teaching aids
Information resources
Social media
Graphic arts
Health
Hospital medical staff
- Language
- ISSN
- 03080110
The article discusses the use of social media to teach medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include the issuance of a statement by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) in March 2020 about medical students, the use of infographics as the primary educational medium to ensure information was visually engaging and easily absorbed by clinicians, and advantages of information dissemination via social media.