What Every Medical Influencer Is Getting Wrong | Dr. Glaucomflecken (Will Flanary)

About this episode

Dr. Glaucomflecken discusses the pitfalls of medical influencers and shares insights on ethical content creation in healthcare.

I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/ Follow Dr. Will Flanary here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DGlaucomflecken Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@Glaucomfleckens IG: https://www.instagram.com/docglauc/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drglaucomflecken Want to create medical content online without compromising your ethics? Dr. Glaucomflecken has a free handbook that covers all that and more: What You Should Know About Social Media and Medical Ethics https://glaucomflecken.kit.com/social-ethics 00:00 Intro 1:46 He Died 26:05 Comedian Doctor 37:20 Young Doctors On Social Media 1:04:10 Med Students Selling Snake Oil 1:17:20 What's Wrong With Health Insurance 1:29:46 Debating Anti-vaxxers 1:42:00 Eye Myths 1:53:37 Strangest Case / Best Tips 2:04:22 Curing Blindness / LASIK Help us continue the fight against medical misinformation and change the world through charity by becoming a Doctor Mike Resident on Patreon where every month I donate 100% of the proceeds to the charity, organization, or cause of your choice! Residents get access to bonus content, and many…

People in this episode

Host: Doctor Mike

Guests: Dr. Glaucomflecken, Will Flanary

Topics covered

• medical ethics
• social media
• health misinformation
• medical influencers
• content creation
• health insurance
• eye health

Keywords

• medical influencers
• social media ethics
• healthcare content
• medical misinformation
• eye myths
• LASIK
• health insurance

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Organizations: The Professional's Media Academy, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Patreon

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