Twitter
to
Tenure
Using Social Media to Advance Geriatrics
Scholarship and Academic Careers
The American Geriatrics
Society
@AmerGeriatrics
Jennie Chin Hansen, AGS CEO
@ChinHansen
Nancy Lundebjerg, AGS COO
@nlundebjerg
The John A Hartford
Foundation @JHartFound
Aanand Naik
@EmpoweringPts
Jonathan Flacker
@SeniorJazz
Alex Smith
@AlexSmithMD
Bill Thomas
@drbillthomas
Ken Covinsky
@geri_doc
Camille Vaughan
@GeriDocVaughan
Mark Lachs
@DrMarkLachs
Carolyn Clevenger
@ccleven
Paul Tatum
@doctatum
David Fisher
@DoctorFisher
Paula Span
@paula_span
Diane E. Meier
@DianeEMeier
Rachelle Bernacki
@rbernack
Eric Widera
@Ewidera
Ted Johnson
@baldheadted
Jeanette Ross
@RossJeanette
William Dale
@WilliamDale_MD
#AGS13Contest: Get Your Twitter On!
1.
2.
Tweet your best definition of geriatrics.
Tweet your answer(s) to the following three questions:
• What can #geriatrics #hpm do together that we couldn’t do
alone?
• What policy change would do the most to help older adults?
• What is the most pressing research question of our time
when it comes to older adults?
• 6 prizes picked as follows…
– 2 most retweeted tweets = FREE Registration for 2014 Annual
Scientific Meeting.
– 2 randomly drawn tweets = FREE Registration for 2014 Annual
Scientific Meeting .
– 2 randomly drawn tweets = FREE copy of Geriatrics Review Syllabus
8th Edition (print & online).
#FacesofGeriatrics Instagram Challenge
• Rules:
– Snap photos on your SmartPhone and upload your
picture to Instagram using the hashtag
#FacesOfGeriatrics.
• Prize
– A three-night stay at Walt Disney World during the
2014 Annual Scientific Meeting.
What advice would you give to a junior
geriatrics/palliative
care clinicians about getting started
with social media?
Eric’s Evolution
We grew… very, very slowly
Pageviews/month
50,000
25,000
Jul 2009
Jan 2010
Jul 2011
But we had a following after the
first year
49%
Medicine (MD)
Nursing
7%
1%
43%
Social Work
Chaplaincy
Student
Perissinotto, C. et al. JAGS. 2010. 58 (s1): s94
And they weren’t the usual suspects…
In What Setting Do You Work?
40%
36%
35%
30%
29%
28%
25%
22%
20%
15%
10%
10%
10%
7%
5%
0%
Community Home Hospice
Hospital
Academic
Hospital
Long Term
Care
Academic
Clinic
Home Care
Community
Clinic
Perissinotto, C. et al. JAGS. 2010. 58 (s1): s94
And they liked us… (at least most did)
How Valuable is GeriPal to you as a Source of
Learning?
Extremely
valuable
26%
Very
Valuable
51%
Hardly
Valuable
1%
Somewhat
valuable
22%
Perissinotto, C. et al. JAGS. 2010. 58 (s1): s94
And we have grown…
25,000
… and grown.
Pageviews/month
60,000
30,000
Involved in more social media
Dan Matlocks Post
Dan’s NY Times interview
Dan’s