TY - GEN N2 - According to the Woodhull studies of 1997 and 2017, the underuse of social media as a source of healthcare information by the most trusted professional group in America (Reep, 2020). Digital communication is an integral part of daily life, both at professionally and personally level. This applies to and nursing practice, where the application of technology is part of the profession. Nurses are increasingly expected to acquire and foster competencies in informatics (Remus & Kennedy, 2012). The aim of this project is to engage interactively and effectively in a digital community for the purpose of sharing relevant, evidence-based public health & health information; to evaluate (discriminate) public health information that is being publically disseminated; and, to illustrate digital professionalism and expert knowledge, as nurses, in the digital community by collecting and sharing evidence-based information on key health topics within 10 weeks. DO - 10.6083/j9602139j DO - DOI AB - According to the Woodhull studies of 1997 and 2017, the underuse of social media as a source of healthcare information by the most trusted professional group in America (Reep, 2020). Digital communication is an integral part of daily life, both at professionally and personally level. This applies to and nursing practice, where the application of technology is part of the profession. Nurses are increasingly expected to acquire and foster competencies in informatics (Remus & Kennedy, 2012). The aim of this project is to engage interactively and effectively in a digital community for the purpose of sharing relevant, evidence-based public health & health information; to evaluate (discriminate) public health information that is being publically disseminated; and, to illustrate digital professionalism and expert knowledge, as nurses, in the digital community by collecting and sharing evidence-based information on key health topics within 10 weeks. AD - Oregon Health and Science University AD - Oregon Health and Science University T1 - Social media in nursing education: student perceptions on the use of Twitter for monitoring and disseminating health information DA - 2020 AU - Clark, Mary AU - Painter, Cyndi L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9162/files/Clark.Mary.2020.pdf PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 2020 ID - 9162 L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9162/files/Clark.Mary.2020.pdf KW - Population Health KW - Social Media KW - Informatics KW - nursing education KW - nursing students KW - health misinformation KW - online learning TI - Social media in nursing education: student perceptions on the use of Twitter for monitoring and disseminating health information Y1 - 2020 L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9162/files/Clark.Mary.2020.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9162/files/Clark.Mary.2020.pdf UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9162/files/Clark.Mary.2020.pdf ER -