Start Date
5-28-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
5-28-2020 5:00 PM
Description
What's the Problem?
Information about COVID19 in the news and on social media platforms is overwhelming, confusing, riddled with jargon and sometimes straight up wrong. Makig it easy for the public to misinterpret facts or simply accept headlines and infographics at facevalue without checking with primary and/or reputable sources.
The nature of social media also allows for a perpetuation of this misinformation without recourse. Recall the one article floating around Facebook reporting that gargling salt/vinegar water could help prevent COVID19. We needede a source of simplified, reliable information about the pandemic for people outside of the health professions.
Medical students are in a unique position to translate the facts into easy to digest information since we have an arm in both the public and health professional worlds.
Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, communication, blog, website
Included in
COVID: decoded - A Website, Blog, and Social Media Page with Resources and Information for the Public
What's the Problem?
Information about COVID19 in the news and on social media platforms is overwhelming, confusing, riddled with jargon and sometimes straight up wrong. Makig it easy for the public to misinterpret facts or simply accept headlines and infographics at facevalue without checking with primary and/or reputable sources.
The nature of social media also allows for a perpetuation of this misinformation without recourse. Recall the one article floating around Facebook reporting that gargling salt/vinegar water could help prevent COVID19. We needede a source of simplified, reliable information about the pandemic for people outside of the health professions.
Medical students are in a unique position to translate the facts into easy to digest information since we have an arm in both the public and health professional worlds.
Comments
Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference