Presentation at the annual convention of the Philippine Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, 6 August 2016 at Angeles University Foundation, Pampanga.

1. Social Media for
Teaching Pharmacology
Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc
Chief, Medical Informatics Unit
University of the Philippines
6 August 2016

2. Make
learning
visible
Create
a personal
learning network
Address
concerns

3. Make
learning
visible
Address
concerns
Create
a personal
learning network

4. Heather Wolpert-GawronProject-based Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-
project-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron
PBL is the act of learning
through identifying a
real-world problem and
developing its solution. Kids
show what they learn as they
journey through the unit, not
just at the end.
“
Lego by dziegener, http://www.freeimages.com/photo/143341

5. http://teachingpharmacologyinhighschool.blogspot.com/
Kim Eberle-Wang

6. http://teachingpharmacologyinhighschool.blogspot.com/
Kim Eberle-Wang
PROJECT: A New Drug to Treat Back-To-School-itis
GOAL:
Learn about the FDA and the important details that go on a drug package label
Dose of drug in each pill
Generic and proprietary name
Lot number
Route of administration
Pharmacy ID
Number of pills in the bottle
Date the medicine was dispensed
Any safety warnings about potential side effects

7. http://teachingpharmacologyinhighschool.blogspot.com/
Kim Eberle-Wang
PROJECT: A New Drug to Treat Back-To-School-itis
Work in “Drug Development Teams”
Brainstorm. Choose one idea to develop -
1. A model of their product with a complete drug package label
2. A poster to advertise their new Back-To-School-itis drug
3. A recorded commercial (1-3 min)

8. Make
learning
visible
Address
concerns
Create
a personal
learning network

9. PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK
The entire collection of people with whom
you engage and exchange information,
usually online
Kate Klingensmith
https://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/

10. PERSONALIZED LEARNING NETWORK
Tool that uses social media & technology to
collect, communicate, collaborate & create with
connected colleagues anywhere at any time
Kate Klingensmith
https://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/

11. From Slideshare deck of Darren Kuropatwa
http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/
making-student-thinking-visible-v2

12. I blog by alamodestuff, https://flic.kr/p/7CxKN9
Positive digital
footprints
Communicating
with digital tools
Transparency
for parents & family
New ways of
thinking about
Web tools
Effective
digital
citizenship
5 Reasons Why Our Students are Writing Blogs
and Creating ePortfolios by Jenny Luca
http://plpnetwork.com/2011/08/26/5-reasons-why-our-
students-are-writing-blogs-and-creating-eportfolios/
ePortfolio

13. Bloom’s
Digital
Taxonomy
http://www.techlearning.com/article/44988
Updown arrows by yirsh,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/983153
Remembering
bullet pointing, highlighting, bookmarking, social
networking, social bookmarking, favoriting/local
bookmarking, searching, googling
Understanding
advanced searches, boolean searches, blog
journaling, twittering, categorizing, commenting,
annotating, subscribing
Applying
running, loading, playing, operating, hacking,
uploading, sharing, editing
Analyzing
mashing, linking, tagging, validating, reverse-
engineering, cracking
Evaluating
(blog/vlog) commenting, reviewing, posting,
moderating, collaborating, networking, refactoring,
(alpha & beta) testing
Creating
programming, filming, animating, blogging, video
blogging, mixing, remixing, wiki-ing, publishing,
videocasting, podcasting, directing/producing

14. Learning on demand is becoming
a type of lifestyle in modern society.
McLoughlin C & Lee MJW (2007) Proceedings of
World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia and Telecommunications

15. Self-regulated learning
Zimmerman BJ (2000), Self-regulation:
Theory, research and applications.
Student’s ability to
independently and proactively
engage in self-motivating and
behavioral processes that
increase goal attainment

16. Self-regulated learning Dabbagh N & Kitsantas A. Internet and
Higher Education 2011
Phase 1
Forethought
Pre-defined set of
cognitions and self-beliefs
that will impact how they
will approach the task
Phase 2
Performance
The student begins to engage in the
behaviors required to successfully
achieve his or her goals
Phase 3
Self-reflection
Students use self-
monitored outcomes to
make judgments regarding
their learning performance

17. Framework for social media to support
Self-regulated learning
Dabbagh N & Kitsantas A. Internet and
Higher Education 2011
Phase 1
Forethought
Level 1
Personal
Information
Management
Use blogs and wikis
to create a PLE
Phase 2
Performance
Level 2
Social interaction & collaboration
Engage in basic sharing & collaborative activities
Phase 3
Self-reflection
Level 3
Information aggregation &
management
Synthesize and aggregate
information to reflect on overall
learning experience

18. Level 1
Personal Information Management
Use a blog as a journal to set learning goals
Level 2
Social interaction & collaboration
Enable blog comment feature to allow for
instructor and peer feedback
Level 3
Information aggregation &
management
Configure a blog to pull in
additional content
Dabbagh N & Kitsantas A. Internet and
Higher Education 2011

19. Network Spheres by gerard70, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1008232
Connectivism
Knowledge is distributed
across a network of connections ...
learning is the ability to construct
and traverse those networks.
Stephen Downes (2007)

20. The instructor is
a network facilitator.
Deirdre Bonnycastle, Medical Education Blog (2007)
http://words.usask.ca/medicaleducation/2007/02/02/five-theories-about-learning/
Connectivism

21. Tweet chat
#medpharmachat

22. Tweet chat
#medpharmachat

23. Tweet chat
#medpharmachat

24. Make
learning
visible
Address
concerns
Create
a personal
learning network

25. Suggested Elements of Social Media Policies
Jeff Cain, Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2011;68:1036-40.
Reputation of
organization
Define who is permitted to speak on
behalf of the organization
Privacy
Should not reveal private information
about patients
Productivity
Personal use is permissible only
during non-work hours
General
State that organizational policies are
applicable to social media
communications
Playbricks 3 by Paul Preacher,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/205911

26. Make
learning
visible
Create
a personal
learning network
Address
concerns

27. Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc
@endocrine_witch
isiptan@endocrine-witch.net
Social Media for
Teaching Pharmacology