With no graduation ceremonies in sight, I’m getting Mr8 & Mr9 to help me celebrate my #PhD conferral today!
We made a #TwitterMind themed #SLPhD bonnet (featuring brain & blue bird), a ceremonial mace & the boys made me a certificate #FirstGenPhD
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![Brain made from brown fabric and rope](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfVc_-_UYAAtF7w.jpg)
![Yellow certificate with red tassle saying 'congrats mum'](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfVdFGLU0AALT_c.jpg)
![Gold upcycled craft mace](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfVdaASUwAAXSyi.jpg)
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tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Over 200 people who were tweeting had a brain injury & they expressed feelings of frustration, vulnerability, trauma, acceptance, & generosity tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
These participants ranged from novice tweeters who mostly ‘lurked’ & watched others, to more expert ‘prolific’ tweeters
hdl.handle.net/10125/59870
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I conducted two focus groups with health professionals working in a rehabilitation organisation, that offered both inpatient and community TBI rehab services tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
It was clear that supports are required to guide clinical practice
I conducted a meta-synthesis to see how all of these pieces fit together: evidence in the literature; Twitter data analysis; interview & focus group data; & @eSafetyOffice guidance on safe use of social media (paper in peer review)
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We need greater insights into the experiences of health professionals, alongside studies exploring cybersafety & social media use across different ages & platforms
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