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The sixth #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 27th June. The chat was hosted by Sophie Chalmers ( @SChalmersSLT ) and Chiara Vivaldi ( @VivaldiC ) and was based around this paper: ' Using Twitter for education: Beneficial or simply a waste of time? ' Please click here to view the pre-chat overview and questions. We had 24 people actively tweeting and using our hashtag #ResNetSLT , with many others also watching and retweeting the conversations. There were 190 tweets in total during the hour, with a 'reach' to over 139,817 linked Twitter accounts. It was fantastic to see people interacting in the conversation from across the globe! The debate included students, educators, supervisors, university lecturers and clinicians - the one thing everyone agreed on was that no matter the stage of your career, Twitter is great for accessing information, resources and networking across specialisms and geographies. We had great examples of students actively network...

Thank you to Katherine Broomfield ( @KathBroomfield ) for producing the latest ResNetSLT blog post. As a speech and language therapist I accessed networks that were directly related to my clinical area. I joined special interest groups/clinical excellence networks and attended meetings to access shared learning and information which informed my clinical practice. With regards to broader networks, I couldn't really understand how people outside my organisation or specialism would be able to help me within my role as a speech and language therapist. When I started my PhD in April 2017, and living 200 miles away from my University, I realised I would need support that I couldn’t access in my local, rural environment. I started scouting about for sources of support on the internet and I found other clinical academics were discussing their research, clinical interests and wider concerns via social media. I wanted to join in, but I wasn't really sure how to start. I lurked, liked, c...

The fifth #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 30th May. The chat was hosted by Elicia Jones ( @EllieJSLT ) and Victoria Wadsworth ( @victoriawad ) and was based around this paper: ' A cross sectional observational study of research activity of allied health teams: is there a link with self-reported success, motivators and barriers to undertaking research? ' It was a busy hour with 30 participants joining in and sharing their ideas and experiences of research activities within and as part of teams. Participants presented with a wide range of roles, including those completing research as clinical practitioners and those whose job roles are based in academia and research. Also, those who had 'some' dedicated time to pursue research and/or were provided with back-fill and those who were working without any ring-fenced allocated 'time' for research. It was great to see so many people engaged in the discussion and from various locations around the w...

Our #ResNetSLT workshop on 12th May attracted a packed room of approximately 60 delegates from many different countries. The show of hands indicated a high number of student SLTs ( #SLT2B ) in the audience, together with educators, clinical practitioners and researchers. Please click here to access a copy of the presentation slides that include links for other relevant resources and recommendations for many names to follow on Twitter. We briefly explained how the #ResNetSLT Twitter journal club runs, and that a German version has been launched. We heard about plans for a new journal club on Twitter between Netherlands and Sweden, and #ResNetSLT offered some advice and assistance based on our experience over the past two years. It was great to hear that SLT students and practitioners are increasingly using Twitter in many languages to share research and professional discussions – as well as other social media platforms. For anyone interested in getting started on Twitter for the first...

Thank you to Chiara Vivaldi ( @VivaldiC ) for producing the latest ResNetSLT blog post. As a full-time speech and language therapy student I know there are a million and one things to stay on top of (and I'm doing the undergraduate course, I can't imagine what it's like for Masters students!) So why would you want to add getting involved in research to the list? In my case, one reason I have chosen speech and language therapy as a career is the possibility of combining clinical and academic practice, of placing yourself at the exciting and complicated juncture where academic research meets clinical practice. I've been involved in two research projects so far, which have each required only a relatively little of my time. On the practical side, being involved has honed my assessment scoring skills (never a bad skill to practice), and given me a sense of the logistics of running a research project. The research academics have always been more than willing to answer any que...

The fourth #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday, 25th April. The chat was hosted by Amy Hilton ( @AmySlt ) and Sally Morgan ( @sallymorganslt ) and was based around this paper: ' An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist '. The pre-chat overview and questions can be viewed here . The Tweetchat was very fast-paced, with many threads of conversations occurring simultaneously with representation from SLT students, SLTs at different careers stages, as well as those working in research, and participants from other countries. The average number of tweets was the highest number so far this year, potentially indicating the level of interest and engagement in the topic. Our Twitter 'impressions' were again over 300,000, with continued reach evident across the world, including an Australian contingent the following day. It seemed those with a research background were familiar with the term 'implementation science' as a minimum. Howe...

The third #ResNetSLT Tweetchat of 2018 took place on Wednesday 28th March. The chat was based around the paper: ' Using Twitter to access the human right to communication for people who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) '. It was hosted by Katherine Broomfield ( @kathbroomfield ) and Elicia Jones ( @EllieJSLT ). The pre-chat overview and questions can be viewed here . It was great to see so many people engaged in the conversation, with over 30 actively tweeting and using our hashtag #ReSNetSLT from various places around the world! Our Twitter 'impressions' went up by almost 100,000 which was amazing too, as this indicates the potential reach of our online conversations and exchange of ideas. There is still some evident uncertainty over whether we should be using social media which was interesting, but probably unsurprising as this is still such new territory. Thanks to everyone who shared their own experiences of using Twitter including with people w...