Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Education
Date Submitted: Dec 24, 2019
Date Accepted: Dec 17, 2020
Twitter as a Mental Health Support System for Students and Professionals in the Medical Field
ABSTRACT
Twitter is a rapidly growing social media site that has greatly integrated itself in the lives of students and professionals in the medical field. While we find it very helpful in facilitating education, there is also great potential for its usage as a social support system. Social support has become more and more essential as society grapples with declining mental health, particularly in the medical sector. From our previous paper, we saw how Twitter provides a promising tool to learn more about the online conversation about dementia, and in particular, the supportive network that can be created. Inspired by this, we decided to investigate the potential of utilizing Twitter as a support system for students and professionals. In this paper, we explore the current state of mental health in the medical field and we suggest practical implementation methods of using Twitter.
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