Nov 12 2008
Using Technology to engage and collaborate with Industry!
I have been using social networking with Community Pharmacy using wikis which have been received well by the industry and workplace trainees aswell as distance students.
Now I have discovered another tool which I am having some amazing results with.
Facebook has allowed me to engaged not only students but also pharmacy publications who also use Facebook. This tool allowed me to connect with people I would not normally be able to connect with. Pharmacy currently has many groups on Facebook and they are used for providing pharmacy assistants with - Product Knowledge, positions vacant, tips and advice, competitions, conferences and Events.
This year I built up a relationship with two pharmacy publications and this has given me the opportunity to contribute to their magazine which have a distribution of 10,000+ nationally. This would not have been possible I believe without the use of Facebook. Facebook also allows students to connect with me in another space. I also use this tool to upload surveys which allows me to get in touch with any Industry needs out there.
Unfortunately this is blocked at TAFE so my use of Facebook is after hours. Facebook has certainly been a great way for me to enagae and collaborate with industry.
Linda Johnston
FeLC & Community Pharmacy Coordinator
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Hi Linda,
The presentation we put together for SIG3 about this was fantastic and we have had some amazing feedback because of it. You have really been inspirational.
I am just adding our audio to the slideshow, once that’s done, it will be uploaded to the SIG3 SharePoint space.
I’d like to share it on this blog as well, so stay tuned.
Well done,
Alex