Social Media in Nurse Anesthesia: A Model of a Reproducible Educational Podcast

Social media and specifically podcasting are available to the field of nurse anesthesia as potential educational tools. This article outlines key concepts in social media, including free open access medical education and literature supporting the use of podcasting in higher, medical, and nursing education. The authors provide an educational model useful for developing social media tools and a logic model for producing an educational podcast. These tools were used in the production of the authors' educational anesthesia podcast, and key steps are outlined. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of social media and relevant resources so that other educational podcasts may be developed for the nurse anesthesia community.