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TRENDING CPD COURSES

Various CPD Courses offered to learners from Beginners to Advanced Levels

INFLUENCER PROGRAMS

Healthcare Social Media Influencer Programs and Symplur metric reports for conferences

GROUP & INDIVIDUAL TRAINING

Group and Individual Training for Medical Professionals, Hospitals and other Organisations

CPD ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE

Continuing Professional Development Certificate of Accreditation

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Good digital citizenship is important when it comes to the use of the web and social media for healthcare. This is not only true for medical professionals but also for patients, community health workers, entrepreneurs, event organisers, students and other stakeholders engaging online. hcsm is an acronym which is recognised in over 30 countries globally for Healthcare Communications and Social Media and represents the ethical and technical use of social media platforms to share information, disseminate research, debate health care policy, promote healthy behaviours, engage with the public as well as educate and interact. These communities include Europe (#hcsmEU), Europe France (#hcsmEUFR) and the global thread (#hcsm).

The social web is also a place where global emerging technologies can be promoted and followed in real-time by acquiring good digital skills which include how to use hashtags for healthcare appropriately, choosing the best influencers to follow within a field of practice or the best online platforms to join. Understanding effective online etiquette in healthcare can also help users to maintain a good digital footprint across the web.

hcsmSA offers various ongoing CPD accredited courses, individualised one-on-one or group training as well as social media influencer programs or workshops at medical events. Clients have included TB HIV Care, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA). We were also recognised with an award for our work in medical education around the use of social media for health and science communication at the 72nd World Health Assembly by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in 2019. As technology begins to model our future health systems globally, digital literacy will be fundamental to ensuring that every medical stakeholder participates meaningfully and ethically on web channels like social media.

Healthcare Social Media South Africa offers the following services:

  • Social media influencer programs at medical events
  • Personalised one-on-one training
  • Group training for hospitals, NPO’s and other organisations for the ethical and effective use of social media and the web
  • Twitter chat implementation for academic research groups, NPO’s, government, startups and other organisations
  • hcsm analytics reports

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TESTIMONIALS

TB Proof South Africa

Michelle Galloway - Administrator for TBproof.org

Our team thoroughly enjoyed the Healthcare Social Media training workshop conducted by Vanessa! It was a valuable, eye-opening experience that has revitalized our social media strategy going forward. I would highly recommend Healthcare Social Media South Africa!

Dr Marietjie Botes

Director at Dyason Incorporated Attorneys

In this day and age where information is so easily accessible via the internet, patients often turn to search engines and social media as their primary sources of information when they begin to question their health. Whether searching for diagnoses or health care providers, the internet has become the go-to resource for health information. It is thus critical that those who provide such information for online consumption be equipped to navigate the world of health care and social media, not only to ensure accuracy of information, but also to ensure that information sharing and patient privacy laws and regulations are respected. Vanessa Carter, who presented at the PHASA 2018 conference introduced me to the basics of health care social media and I got to experience first-hand the value of her work! Vanessa is truly an innovative health care social media reformer!

Isobel Ndoro

Founder at Isobel Ndoro Training Solutions

The Healthcare Social Media Influencer Program which took place at the Public Health Association enlightened me about what good digital citizenship is and how to use it to advance healthcare. The program gave me an opportunity to make a difference by leveraging tools like the web to help promote an inspiring global vision for Universal Health Coverage. It also inspired me to start #LadiesGoals, a community focused on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality.

Blessed Tabvirwa

Senior Developer at MEDITECH South Africa

I have been on Twitter since 2009 but never before have I got to fully understand the impact of hashtags and the importance of thinking about what hashtags to put in a post and how that can potentially affect how the tweet message is perceived by my audience, or whether the message I want to put across, does actually get across. The Healthcare Social Media training was an eye opener and gave me the skills I needed to effectively use Social Media for sharing useful healthcare information. I would recommend this for everyone.

Hcsmsa – Health Care Social Media South Africa

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