Facebook, Blogs, and Twitter: Using Social Media to Advance Geriatrics

Sponsored by the Public Education Committee.
Moderator: Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco
The interactive workshop will provide participants with information about the uses of social media to advance the geriatrics agenda, both in terms of clinical practice improvement and health policy change.

Introduction to Social Media
Alexander K. Smith, MD MS MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Health AGEnda - the John A. Hartford Foundation Blog
Christopher Langston, PhD, Program Officer, John A. Hartford Foundation

New York Times New Old Age
Paula Span, Blogger, the New Old Age, New York Times, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Caring.com
Leslie P. Kernisan, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Editor, Caring.com; Clinical Instructor in Medicine, UCSF

GeriPal
Eric W. Widera, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF