Academic Medicine Open Forum

Hello Colleagues - 

we are leading up to our Reunion Weekend in early June and are considering ways to bring each class together in a private online space where they can motivate one another to sign up for Reunion, discuss plans, share updates and generally reconnect.  We would also pop in with updates about Reunion Weekend and build the excitement with each class.  We've been exploring Facebook Chat Groups, however we've heard from many alumni that they either don't use social media at all (as a doctor they receive too much spam and patients try to follow them) or they are listed under a pseudonym and like to keep their social media strictly personal.  And so we've been looking at alternatives like WhatsApp but are running into other roadblocks such as chat history not being visible to new people who join the chat or participants being identified by phone number as opposed to name (not ideal).  Curious if others have explored this and if there have been any successes you could share?  Thanks in advance!

Piper  

Hi, Piper! Good question. I want to check in with colleagues but I believe we might have had some success on this with BrightCrowd. I will get back to you.

@Dillon Kimmel, @Alyssa Grovemiller, @Brynn McGarry: have you had any success on this with your programs?

Mark

Hello Colleagues - 

we are leading up to our Reunion Weekend in early June and are considering ways to bring each class together in a private online space where they can motivate one another to sign up for Reunion, discuss plans, share updates and generally reconnect.  We would also pop in with updates about Reunion Weekend and build the excitement with each class.  We've been exploring Facebook Chat Groups, however we've heard from many alumni that they either don't use social media at all (as a doctor they receive too much spam and patients try to follow them) or they are listed under a pseudonym and like to keep their social media strictly personal.  And so we've been looking at alternatives like WhatsApp but are running into other roadblocks such as chat history not being visible to new people who join the chat or participants being identified by phone number as opposed to name (not ideal).  Curious if others have explored this and if there have been any successes you could share?  Thanks in advance!

Piper  

Hello Colleagues - 

we are leading up to our Reunion Weekend in early June and are considering ways to bring each class together in a private online space where they can motivate one another to sign up for Reunion, discuss plans, share updates and generally reconnect.  We would also pop in with updates about Reunion Weekend and build the excitement with each class.  We've been exploring Facebook Chat Groups, however we've heard from many alumni that they either don't use social media at all (as a doctor they receive too much spam and patients try to follow them) or they are listed under a pseudonym and like to keep their social media strictly personal.  And so we've been looking at alternatives like WhatsApp but are running into other roadblocks such as chat history not being visible to new people who join the chat or participants being identified by phone number as opposed to name (not ideal).  Curious if others have explored this and if there have been any successes you could share?  Thanks in advance!

Piper