The Patient Voice: #MedicineExplained with Amanda d’Almeida & Dan Villavecer

Amongst all of the amazing uses for social media, one area that has not been fully explored is using it to better serve our health. In these changing times post-COVID, meeting patients where they are has become more important than ever before.  On this week's episode, Kerry Amato speaks with  4th year doctors, Amanda d’Almeida and Dan Villavecer who decided to take matters into their own hands and create Medicine Explained on TikTok.  They explain everyday issues such a “What type of headache do I have? How do menstrual cups work? What does alcohol do to my body? etc.  Dan and Amanda started creating content as a way to fight medical misinformation on the internet. Medicine Explained was started to decentralize medical information by making it understandable to everyone, acting as preventative health education to people around the world who may never have access to proper healthcare, but have access to social media. With fake news and misinformation spreading on social media, they wished to create a reliable channel people could turn to for medical knowledge.In less than 6 months, Medicine Explained has amassed over 1.1 million followers and over 100 million views worldwide. The hashtag #MedicineExplained has over 100 Million views on the platform.