title: Social Media and Population Health Virtual Exchange for Senior Nursing Students: An International Collaboration.
abstract: The authors have all engaged in using social media with students as a means for collaboration across national and international boundaries for various educational purposes. Following the explosion of big data in health the authors are now moving this concept forward within undergraduate and postgraduate nursing curricula for the development of population health virtual exchanges. Nursing has a global presence and yet it appears as though students have little knowledge of the health and social care needs and provision outside their local environment. This development will allow for explorative exchange amongst students in three countries, enhancing their understanding of their own and the selected international population health needs and solutions through asking and responding to questions amongst the learning community involved. The connection of the students will be recorded for their use in reflection; of particular interest will be the use of information included by the students to answer questions about their locality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Procter
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
authors.forename: Juliana J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Brixey
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Michelle L L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Honey
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Fern
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Todhunter
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D007391:International Cooperation; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D017145:Models, Educational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D061108:Social Media / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014584:User-Computer Interface