Social media and CPD

1. Lead the way –
using social media to enhance
your CPD
Rachel Booth
Chair of BAOT Northern and Yorkshire
Clinical Lead OT in Acute Mental Health
@OT_rach @BAOTNY

2. Aims
#What is social media?
#Consider the role of social media globally? - impact on
health care?
#Staying professional within your use of Social media
#How is social media being used by your professional
bodies
#What can professional engagement in social media bring
to your practice
#How do I evidence social media as CPD?

3. What is social media?
The social interaction
among people in which
they create, share or
exchange information
and ideas in virtual
communities and
networks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

4. What forms of social media do you use?

7. Gobal impact of social media
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/07/world/social-media-jesuisch

8. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548786/Man-life-saved-stranger-six-years-ago-trying-jump-bridge-reun
3127842910001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJI5DvZ

9. Nan O’Connor

10. 2015 General Election

11. CSP and BAOT/COT’s use of Social Media

12. What health care agenices are on social
media?

13. Is using social media professional?
What the HCPC say
#Recognise social networking sites are a
useful way of communicating and sharing
information
#Information placed on social networking
sites is in the public domain and can
therefore be viewed by other people.
#The HCPC will only be concerned if your
use raises concerns about your fitness to
practise.
#For example, - putting confidential
information
Make sure that when you use social
Networking Sites, your usage is
consistent with the HCPC standards.
# You must act in the best interests of
service users.
# You must respect the confidentiality of
service users.
# You must keep high standards of
personal conduct.
# You must behave with honesty and
integrity and make sure that your behavior
does not damage the public’s confidence
in you or your profession.

14. Think before you write on social media
Appropriate to share that
information?
Confidential information about your,
service, patient, client or colleague?
–Don’t write it.
This could include information about
their personal life, health or
circumstances.
General Rule - don’t put anything on
social media you would not like your
grandmother or boss to see.
Appropriate to share that
information?
Confidential information about your,
service, patient, client or colleague?
–Don’t write it.
This could include information about
their personal life, health or
circumstances.
General Rule - don’t put anything on
social media you would not like your
grandmother or boss to see.

15. Some examples
@DavidCameron is a F*** idiot the
#BedroomTax is going to create a bigger
gap between #MH SU’s and the general
public
However the use of language would be seen
as unprofessional
I disagree with @DavidCameron the
#BedroomTax will create a bigger gap
between #MH SU’s and the general Public.
@DavidCameron is a F*** idiot the
#BedroomTax is going to create a bigger
gap between #MH SU’s and the general
public
However the use of language would be seen
as unprofessional
I disagree with @DavidCameron the
#BedroomTax will create a bigger gap
between #MH SU’s and the general Public.
Had a mental week at work.
Caseload just gets bigger, wards
continuing to lack of
understanding of role.
think about who might read your
posts – be professional
Lots of challenges this week, time
to reflect.
Had a mental week at work.
Caseload just gets bigger, wards
continuing to lack of
understanding of role.
think about who might read your
posts – be professional
Lots of challenges this week, time
to reflect.

16. What is Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) ?
A range of learning activities through
which professionals maintain and
develop throughout their career to
ensure that they continue to be able
to practice safely, effectively, and
legally, within their changing scope
of practice.
A joint statement on continuing
professional development for health
and social care practitioners
http://www.cot.co.uk/sites/default/files/general/public/Joint-statement-on-CPD.pdf

17. HCPC standards for CPD
Registrant must:
1.Maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of their CPD activities;
2.Demonstrate that their CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to
current or future practice
3.Seek to ensure that their CPD has contributed to the quality of their practice and service
delivery
4.Seek to ensure that their CPD benefits the service user
5.Upon request, present a written profile (which must be their own work and supported by
evidence) explaining how they have met the standards for CPD.

18. Quotes - social media helps my CPD

19. What social media is out there for CPD?
Facebook Groups
Professional Blogs
Linkin
Service users blogs
NHS social media
resources
Twitter Chats
#RDUK – Hosted by @RDUK Registered Dietitians
monthly live twitter 8-9pm
#Wemhns - fortnightly chat Mental Health nursing chat
hoisted by @WeMHNurses
#Otalk – weekly occupational therapy twitter chat
Tuesday 8-9
#Physiotalk fortnightly chat hosted by @Physiotalk
#nhssm – an Social Media in NHS Chat every
Wednesday 8pm hosted by @nhssm
#MDTchat regular MDT twitter chats.
 Live Tweeting from events and Conferences

20. How does twitter work - the basics?
Great guides on using twitter are
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Twitter
http://claireot.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/how-to-twitter/

21. Following and
Followers
Following and
Followers
SettingsSettings
Messages – Direct
message. Theses are
private
Messages – Direct
message. Theses are
private
Timeline – tweets
by people you are
following
Timeline – tweets
by people you are
following
Me – your Tweets
and page
Me – your Tweets
and page
Notifications - tweets
you are mentioned in
Notifications - tweets
you are mentioned in
Search twitterSearch twitter
Write a tweetWrite a tweet
Tweet
A single update of 140
characters or less
Tweet
A single update of 140
characters or less
Change accounts if you
have more than one
Change accounts if you
have more than one

22. Recent publications and presentations
about Twitter use
 Social Media in Mental Health Practice
-Online network tools for recovery and
living well -A practical guide for health and
social care practitioners working in mental
health services
 Understanding Twitter’ by Fiona Maclean,
Derek Jones, Gail Carin-Levy and Heather
Hunter in the June 2013 issue of BJOT
 Social media and professionalism for new
graduates (Brown, Andrew) OT news May
2012
 Social media as a professional tool
by Miriam Crowe - OT News July 2013
 Social Media in Mental Health Practice
-Online network tools for recovery and
living well -A practical guide for health and
social care practitioners working in mental
health services
 Understanding Twitter’ by Fiona Maclean,
Derek Jones, Gail Carin-Levy and Heather
Hunter in the June 2013 issue of BJOT
 Social media and professionalism for new
graduates (Brown, Andrew) OT news May
2012
 Social media as a professional tool
by Miriam Crowe - OT News July 2013

23. So how can I Evidence what I have learnt for
my CPD?
#Maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of
their CPD activities
# Using some sort of cpd tool – lots out there
# Like pebble pad or TRAMm
#Write a reflection on what you have learnt from tweets you
have read, twitter chats you have joined in.
#You could create your own blog for this purpose.
#Create a storify of a tweeting sessions you have joined in

24. What is Storify
# Storify helps making sense of what people post on social media. Our
users create the most important voices and turn them into stories.
# They are building a new information network that will give you the social
perspective on any event.
# Basically if you create an account you can the drag information from all
your social networking sites and websites to make a story of an event and
how you where included for your CPD – this website was recommended
to be used within a twitter chat with the HCPC
http://storify.com/abouthttps://storify.com/OT_rach/tewv-ot-staff-
celerbrate-ot-week-2014-with-mp-visi

25. Blogging # Blogs range from the personal to the
political, and can focus on one narrow
subject or a whole range of subjects.
# Many blogs focus on a particular topic,
And others are more like personal
journals, presenting the author's daily
life and thoughts, maybe about their
Career.
# Again you need to remember to act
professional on these sites.
# Be aware not all blogs will be
Evidence based, so be careful.
http://otrach.wordpress.com

27. References
# The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (NHS KSF) 2004
# http://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/building-your-professional-online-presence
# http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/standards/cpd/index.asp
# http://www.cot.co.uk/taxonomy/term/188/all
# http://www.hpc-uk.org/mediaandevents/news/index.asp?id=419
# http://www.cot.co.uk/strategic-plans/social-media-strategy-guidance
# http://www.nhsemployers.org/Aboutus/Publications/Pages/HR-social-media-NHS.aspx
# http://mobilesocialwork.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/virtual-boundaries-ethical-considerations-for-u
/
# http://healthissocial.com/healthcare-social-media/hospital-social-media-policy/
# http://storify.com/about
# http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging
# https://www.bda.uk.com