---
title: 'Episode 116: Dr Olaleke Folaranmi - The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-116-dr-olaleke-folaranmi-the-influence-of-social-media-in-promoting-knowledge-acquisition-and-pathology-excellence-in-nigeria'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-06-20'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wme9u6/Dr_Olaleke_Folaranmi_-_6_19_22_152_PM6vuyz.mp3'
---

# Episode 116: Dr Olaleke Folaranmi - The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Olaleke Folaranmi What we discuss with Dr Folaranmi: His early education and youth service that inspired him to become a doctor How he became interested in pathology, and his subspecialties of interest A typical day for h...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Olaleke Folaranmi

What we discuss with Dr Folaranmi:

- His early education and youth service that inspired him to become a doctor

- How he became interested in pathology, and his subspecialties of interest

- A typical day for him at Ilorin Teaching Hospital

- How he was interviewed for an article called Educating Beyond Borders

- The article he co-authored, The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria, and the purpose of writing this article

- Some examples of social media being used for networking and mentorship

- Some difficulties in widespread adoption of Twitter in low and middle income countries

- The potential of using social media for international collaboration

- How Twitter could be used as a model for more a formalized collaboration system

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[Doctors on Social Media](http://doctorsonsocialmedia.com/)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

Dr Folaranmi on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DrGeeONE)

[Educating Beyond Borders](https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/news/795)

[The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.906950/full)

[Ilorin Teaching Hospital](https://www.uithilorin.org.ng/index)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)