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Aim:To demonstrate how social media can help with CPD

Objectives:• CPD requirements for revalidation• Brief introduction to Twitter • Twitter chats as a CPD tool• Other useful platforms

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What has social media got to do with revalidation?

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“You must have undertaken 35 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to your scope of practice as a nurse or midwife, in the three year period since your registration was last renewed or you joined the register.”

“Of those 35 hours of CPD, at least 20 must have included participatory learning.”

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What is participatory learning?

• “learning through engagement and communication with others”

• “Participatory learning includes any learning activity in which you personally interact with other people”

• With one or more professionals.

• Does not need to be in a ‘common physical environment.’

• Can be a group in a ‘virtual environment.’

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Tweet:A message of 140 characters or less which is visible to the public , unless you have alocked account. It can also include web links, photos, YouTube clips, etc.

DM:A private message, visible only between the sender/recipient

Hashtag:By placing # in front of a word or phrase, this brings together all tweets containing thattheme. You can then read all the tweets containing that hashtag.

Trending:Content is ranked by popularity, so certain topics are trending. This is often breaking news or celebrity gossip.

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“When using social media employees, patients, service users, contractors, volunteers and visitors must ensure that they behave in a manner that is consistent with the Trust’s expectations in regard to the duty of care and confidentiality they owe to their colleagues, service users and the organisation. Patient privacy and dignity along with safeguarding principles must also be adhered to.”

“Employees, volunteers and contractors are responsible for their own online behaviours and must ensure they avoid online actions or content that is inaccurate, libellous, defamatory, harassing, threatening or another other way illegal. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action, civil or criminal proceedings.”

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, 2015

“Be polite and kind – Twitter is a very old fashioned environment with old fashioned social values, remember your pleases and thank yous.”

We Communities, 2015

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Blogs and blogshots

Blog: Web log. Regularly updated ‘posts’ – often by an individual or as part of an organisations communication strategy.

Evidently Cochrane, IMH blog, Mental Health Foundation, Mind, etc.

Blogshot: Brief snapshot, rather than a lengthy blogpost.

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