Getting started with social media is a great idea while still in physical therapy school, but there are some good ways and bad ways to do this. Here are our tips to be successful, while staying authentic. To view more episodes, subscribe, and ask your questions, go to mikereinold.com/askmikereinold.

#AskMikeReinold Episode 207: How to Build Your Social Media Presence as a Physical Therapy Student

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Show Notes

* The Good and Bad of Education on Social Media* Social Media for Physical Therapists and One-on-One Therapy* Should You Use Social Media as Your Primary Source of Continuing Education?

Transcript

Mike Reinold: On this episode of the Ask Mike Reinold Show, we talk about some ways that you can start building your social media presence as a physical therapist, or even a new grad.

Mike Reinold: So our question today is from Ben from Maryland. Ben says, excuse me, “What is your recommendation for students who want to build their social media presence with educational content before they graduate? Is there a way to do this safely and ethically?”

Mike Reinold: So, man, I’m sure. The group of us has a decent social media presence that I think we can give you some good advice. I’m going to jump in with the first part of that before you guys go, and then we’ll ask you guys. I’m going to talk about the safety of that. Yes. I think it’s completely safe. I don’t think anyone’s shown that you could catch COVID by posting to Instagram. So I do think you’re completely safe. I don’t think anything’s going to happen to you.

Mike Reinold: No, in all honesty, I think what you asked in terms of the safety question of that, maybe there’s some liability issues, or maybe there’s some things about using some images of people like your patients or something like that. I would say what the safety thing is, is I think most people think social media is not medical advice, right? I have seen some people that have put a disclaimer at the bottom of their Instagram posts. I still haven’t. Right? But I kind of refer everything back to my website. I do have disclaimers there, but I would say right now, don’t let something like that bog you down. If you want, you can always end with a sentence that just says, “This is for entertainment and education and not medical advice,” but I’ll knock out the safety question.

Mike Reinold: But now I want to hear from you guys. What do you think is the best approach for physical therapy students to start their social media presence?