TikTok e l’informazione sanitaria

Giuseppe Quintaliani; Maria Rinaldi Miliani; Claudia Savignani

doi:10.33393/gcnd.2023.2563

Authors

Giuseppe Quintaliani Nefrologo. Master in comunicazione istituzionale della scienza - Italy
Maria Rinaldi Miliani Social Media Manager, Perugia - Italy https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7656-1203
Claudia Savignani Nefrologo SC Nefrologia e Dialisi Terni - Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33393/gcnd.2023.2563

Keywords:

Social media, TikTok, Health Information

Abstract

We explore the utility of social media platforms as educational tools, providing a summary of how these sites are used by the public and demonstrating ways these findings may be applied for educational purposes.

Over half of the world’s population utilizes social media platforms. More recently, these platforms have increasingly been used for educational purposes. In the field of health, a large portion of the educational content is coming from users with no formal medical or dermatologic training.

In nephology field there are not tiktok account, it would be useful to have an institutional account to provide serious, correct and appropriate information before others spread incorrect information.

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