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Vertex. 2014 Mar-Apr;25(114):144-8.

[Applying a social network for the practice and learning of psychiatry].

Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

[Article in Spanish]
Estefanía Mondin, Daniel Matusevich

Affiliations

  1. Servicio de Psiquiatría del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA). [email protected].

PMID: 25153981

Abstract

Social networking is a virtual space in which people relate and build their identity, share information, publish content and intervene on the content posted by others. We will describe an experiment carried out in the psychiatry service of Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires, in which we use Whatsapp Social Network applied to the development of clinical work and teaching task. From these new ways of relating between professional, emerge a new way to work, participate in groups or try to evaluate various options for dealing with a patient. We analyze the usefulness of this virtual platform as a working tool.

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