Editorial for final 2014 CCS Blog news

Central Clinical School web page visits - weekly rate has doubled over 2014 with a total of 1.5M views

(Figures exclude Monash visitors). CCSMonash Google+ averaging around 1000 views/day.

This is the final edition of the CCS local enews for 2014. Collectively, the school has had a phenomenal output and profile and it's a bit like riding rapids to represent you all to the wider world! Your work has had literally millions of views over the year (no exaggeration, see graph above).
Your feedback on our news services would be very much appreciated. Please take our survey (only 8 questions).

Have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year break. Enews will resume in February 2015.

Regards, the 2014 team:
Julia Veitch, Vithya Premkumar and Dussy Kuttner

Social Media update: CCSMonash reaches 500 Twitter followers!

CCSMonash's social media channels are reaching a huge and diverse audience  interested individuals, scientists, doctors, peak bodies, industry, pharmaceutical companies, media and more. We feature CCS's researchers' news and needs: research highlights and publications, clinical trial and research study recruitment, advertising events
See our channels:

•   Central Clinical School, Monash University
• CCSMonash Twitter
• CCSMonash weekly news blog
• CCSMonash Slideshare
• CCSMonash Pinterest

Explainer: How to activate your Google+ account

How to activate your Google+ account

1. Sign into your Monash gmail account
2. You will see your email address in the top right hand corner of the screen. This tells you that you have successfully logged in.

Social media milestone: CCS Google+ page reaches 100,000+ views!

Since its launch in mid February this year, the Central Clinical School Google plus page has clocked up over 100,000 views. It's a hub page, with a feed from our blogs and our Youtube video channel, in addition to hosting our photo albums. Most views are of our photo albums. Everyone likes looking at photos. See links:

• Profile
• Photo albums
• Posts

Social Media for Researchers Seminar

Social Media for Researchers Seminar
Tuesday 3rd June
12pm - 1pm
AMREP Lecture Theatre Alfred Hospital

Social media is now an important part of how everyone interacts; and this is no different in research.  Social media has been successfully used by researchers to coordinate multicentred studies, recruit participants, connect with collaborators, improve dissemination and increase citations.  This seminar will explore the valuable opportunities for public health professionals, researchers and clinicians to network, foster innovation and grow new ideas using social media.

Presenters:
Dr Hugh Stephens, MBBS, BMedSciHons, SPHPM PhD Scholar is a Social media expert and technology consultant with experience in social media strategy, risk management, digital and social analytics, consumer engagement strategy and marketing analytics.  He is one of the team behind #hcsmanz, the weekly Twitter chat about healthcare social media in Australia and NZ.www.hughstephens.com

Dr John Weiner, MBBS, FRCPA, FRACP, SPHPM PhD Scholar, allergist and blogger since 1998 www.allergynet.com.au/

Mr Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, BSc(Public Health), MPH(Epidemiology), SPHPM PhD Scholar, author of the blog "Publication 2 Application" www.publication2application.org

Social media at CCS

Social media platform at Central Clinical School

Central Clinical School started its social media experiment in September 2012, with the launch of its youtube channel. As the power, reach and flexibility of the media has become evident, we have developed the suite. Anyone wanting to follow CCSMonash can do so at any of these channels: