LinkedIn and social media networking — course for health science PhD students

A practical, hands-on workshop in health science networking and communication via LinkedIn and other social media platforms.

The course will be held in the new Maersk Tower at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. (Image with permission from Instagram user @Dead_Lab

This PhD course at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences in Copenhagen is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except CBS) and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. You can read more about the course and sign up here.

Scientists within the health and medical sector will find LinkedIn (and other social media platforms like Bluesky) particularly useful:

The platforms allow real time access to, for example, patients’ and public perspectives, communities of support, and to advocacy groups internationally — but within a narrow medical specialization.
The increased use of visual abstracts and digital formats in communicating research has been helped by the LinkedIn and Bluesky/X scientific community.

There are more details below this short introductory video to the 2023 course:

The course is at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and is open to all PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School) and for PhD students at most graduate schools in other Nordic countries.

A typical ‘visual abstract’. A shareable digital format that has taken off in recent years, particularly in the health and medical sciences.

The course goals

You will:

Learn how to use LinkedIn and other social media platforms to support your work and career as a researcher
Find a social media routine that fits your personality, daily routine and specific medical specialty
See how to be strategic in your use of social media
Set up personal routines, augmented by automation, for monitoring news and ideas from specific research areas.

Photo with kind permission of Instagram user @nazanins_daily

The course is relevant for both beginners and experienced users.

“Very ‘hands on’. I will definitely recommend this to other PhD students” — previous participant

Dates: 26 March + 9 April 2025, both days from 09:00 to 13:00

There is more information and you sign up for this course here.

Does your department, faculty or university need to boost its researchers’ international impact? My workshops in social media introduce researchers to the systematic use of LinkedIn, Bluesky, Reddit, X and other specialized social media and tracking applications. All Mike Young Academy workshops are bespoke and custom-fitted to specific scientific fields. Workshops can be held in-person, or online as a combination of video-conferenced live-sessions with group ‘breakout’ rooms, individual feedback, and homework.