Carrie

In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Shikha Jain about All Things Social Media. She shares how her position in medicine involves social media and how physicians can utilize social media for networking, education, patient engagement and career advancement. Don’t miss out on all her tips for how you can start engaging through social media too.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • How Dr. Jain’s position combines medicine and social media.
  • How physicians can interact and engage with patients using social media.
  • Which social media platforms work well for physicians.
  • How the new world of social media has impacted medicine in general.
  • How physicians can utilize social media for professional networking and career development.
  • How physicians can protect themselves on social media.
  • Why physicians should use social media to educate people, increase knowledge and help people to help themselves.

Dr. Shikha Jain is a board-certified hematology and oncology physician on faculty at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy and the Physician Director of Media Relations for the Rush University Cancer Center. Her research interests include the impact of social media on medicine, gender equity and career advancement for women and underrepresented minorities in medicine and GI oncology.  She also writes and speaks on these topics.  Dr. Jain has written for Doximity, KevinMD and ASCO Connection and she co-founded and co-chaired the first CME Women In Medicine Symposium at Northwestern in 2018. She is also the co-chair of the upcoming Women In Medicine Summit that will be held this fall in Chicago.

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