Lee Aase (SMUG) presents!
Posted on
August 28th, 2013 by Farris Timimi
FiDA highlight
The mission of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is
to lead the social media revolution in health care, contributing to health and
well being for people everywhere.
Providing training for
those interested in applying social media tools to promote health, fight
disease and improve health care is essential to that mission. Our major
training program is Social Media Residency,
a 1.5-day in-depth course that offers practical, hands-on learning
opportunities in a strategic context. The regular registration fee for Social Media Residency
is $795, although members of the Social Media Health Network
receive a 25 percent discount.
The course is primarily
intended for those who want to use social media professionally and who need not
only training in the tools but also assistance in clarifying a strategic plan
and guidance in making the arguments for social media adoption within their
organizations.
We want to give voice to patients and caregivers and help
them in their use of social media, too, but we understand that most would have
difficulty affording even the Network member rate for Social Media Residency.
To make this training more
accessible and affordable, we have established a special discounted rate for
patients and caregivers. Those
who don’t work for health-related organizations (or for agencies with health
care clients) are eligible to register for Social Media Residency for
$195, saving $600 off the regular rate.
The discounted rate
applies for Social Media Residency courses beginning with Sept. 10-11 in Dallas,
and including Oct. 21-22 in Rochester, Minn. and Nov. 4-5 in Jacksonville, Fla.
To get this special rate, use the discount code PATIENT
when registering for Dallas or Jacksonville.
We will be giving
instructions for the Rochester session in a separate post, as we will have
patient/caregiver discounts for all three events in Social Media Week.
We hope this special $195 rate for Social Media Residency
will enable many more patients and caregivers to participate.
Farris Timimi, M.D., is
the Medical Director for the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media and the Social
Media Health Network.
Follow-up: my homework assignment was to post a blog and include a link
Follow-up: my homework assignment was to post a blog and include a link
http://socialmediaresidencyblog.mayoclinic.org/discussion/patients-in-the-room
Patients historically were
not present or were the minority in the room at medical conferences, but this is changing. Many medical professionals are embracing this transition
to "Patients Included" for the benefits it brings to patient safety and
improvement in the trust model between patients and providers. This
should be a natural for medical caregivers: patients are the
"customer" or "consumer" of services. There is no
middleman. The discussions can be difficult and honest and will also
expose the respect for care-taking professionals and commonality of experience.
Take ePatient Dave's recent post about "Ratty
Boxers" asking for
his/patient representative/patient advocate costs to be covered when serving as
a Patient Advocate at medical conferences. His presence at conferences
adds value and deserves to be valued by the medical system if it wishes to
credibly maintain the moniker: patient-centered. Invite patients
into the conversation and make sure they are not made to run around in Ratty
Boxers! Just ask! It is part of the care-giving model. Check
out my blog for more
discussion and you will see that
patient engagement is not just about the bad food in the hospital . . .
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