Calling on Educators …

Enable your learners to curate this new media outlet to LEAD and fight the hype and mis- or disinformation … to compete to be the … class, school, or profession … to have the most impact …

Leverage an intern-led social media challenge to
Engage any service-learner to compete to inform &
Activate sleep consumers to know what REALLY works &
Disseminate EXACTLY where to find it.

For more, see Can We Speak Up … Together?

Note to Intern:  This post explains basic info about Insomnia (e.g., prevalence, definitions) – enough info for any competition participant to understand the issue.

Intern Note:  (1) Describe CBT and empirical basis for recommending CBT-I and digital CBT-I, (2) which professional organizations recommend it, (3) Describe ‘stepped care’ – start with self help tool online (‘Path to Better Sleep’) – then, only if needed, look for professional help

Intern Note:  Describe all 4 parts and empirical background

Intern Note:  This will be a basic tutorial for how to post on social media; selecting messages and media as well as strategies for posting.

Intern note:  Describe how to find a CBT-I therapist – 2 Directories

Directory of Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Directory of International Directory of CBT-I Providers

Intern Note:  These could be short interviews you do or curated Youtube videos from the top sleep specialists.

What if ANY educator could – leverage their own media outlet – to enable learners to compete to have the most impact on health consumer awareness & demand?  Imagine if educators empowered the healthcare community – to fight mis- and disinformation & promote health together.

Former pilots showed how ‘collective’ civic-engaged scholarship COULD enable us to promote health: (1) Online interns led a media outlet that informed & activated the public, (2) Course-led projects piloted a health fitness communication campaign.

A NEW VISION
Enable ANY educator to LEAD – on ANY health issue.  It may be easier than you think to create an online Speak Up Internship to curate its own new media outlet from which to pilot a Speak Up for Sleep Challenge.

Leverage an internship-led social media challenge to
Engage learners to interprofessionally compete to
Activate consumer awareness about what works &
Disseminate EXACTLY where to find it.