Overview
Over the years, social media has increasingly influenced human interaction and communication. The rise of
digital consumers during the pandemic has paved the way for many people, including healthcare professionals,
to find their niche as influencers and content creators. Having a social media presence for physicians,
however, poses its own challenges.
This self-development course shows the perspective of a medical
educator and influencer on the impact of social media in healthcare and what the responsibilities and
etiquette of physicians should be across online platforms.
Speaker for this course
Erin Jane L. Tababa-Santos, MD, DPDS
Dermatologist, Dermatopathologist
@thenerdyderma
Keywords: social media, social media influencer, online health information, content creation, medical influencers