Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges
Social media is a new channel for seeking information and exchanging user-generated content which physicians and patients can use in their work and communication. This course explored the opportunities and challenges of using social media in healthcare.
5 weeks, 2 hours per week
Shabbir Syed Abdul
Assistant Professor of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics
Taipei Medical University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe what social media is in the context of healthcare.
- Interpret what is good or bad through social media.
- Reflect on the patient's role in modern healthcare ecosystems.
Syllabus
- Introduction to social media and networking
- Social media generated big data
- Gamification and social media for health behavior change
- Social media and health communication crisis
- Use of social media by hospitals and health authorities
- What can patients do for themselves via social media?
Issued on 2nd July 2025
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