Social media in health and medicine: A workshop for students – Dr. Kim VollDean Giustini, UBC biomed librarian IHHS 302 May 2012
….although troubling to many in public health …web 2.0 is here to stay…and it will almost certainly influence health behaviours in the future.Health is a logical area where people will seek opinions from others and communicate their experience … In the new era of social media, all public health officials will have to learn how to more effectively listen to these messages and, simultaneously, develop more lively and engaging messages to communicate with the public.” Kumanan Wilson, MD MSC & Jennifer Keelan, PhD Coping with Public Health 2.0, CMAJ
Health Care Social Media 