Introduction
Learn all about your Sermo feed and how to use features that will help you get the most out of your Sermo community experience.
1. Post creator button: Share your thoughts and start a conversation with the user-friendly post creator button to create a discussion, write a patient case, or ask a question to the community.
For desktop: This is located at the top left corner of your feed. Click the Create post button with the pencil icon.
For mobile: This is located at the bottom center of your feed. Click on the purple circle with the pencil icon.
Tip: Click here to learn how to add a poll to a post.
2. Profile card: The profile card has all your account information together in one place. If needed, you can change your profile picture and specialty right there on the profile card.
For desktop: This can be found on the top left of your feed, right under the post creator button.
For mobile: Click on your profile picture on the top right corner of your feed, and the profile card will appear.
To add or change your profile picture:
- Click on the small camera button on the bottom right of the circle.
- From there, you can either:
- Click Upload a Photo to select an image from your computer.
- Click Choose an Avatar to use a picture we have provided.
- Click save.
To change your primary specialty and/or add a secondary specialty:
1. Click on Add another below your current specialty.
2. Select from the choices in the drop-down, and then
3. Click submit.
This will automatically send a request to our Support team to review. Keep an eye out on your inbox for an email where you can submit your required document and quickly complete the process.
Also, right under your profile information, you can see your saved posts. This gives you access to all the posts you are "following" together in one feed.
3. Feed drop-down: This feature allows you to seamlessly switch between different views. You can choose between drop-downs to view all posts, Sermo recaps, top posts or the for you feed.
For desktop: Click on the drop-down next to For you to see the different feed options and select the one you want to view.
For mobile: Click on the drop-down on the top left where it says ”For you” to change your feed.
You can also filter posts by clicking "Customize" to the right of the post bar and selecting the option to drill down by your specialty or country.
Tip: Check out the topics you follow on the left-hand side, underneath your profile card to stay up to date on all the latest discussions. Also to browse and follow more topics click on the gear icon and select which topics you are interested in.
4. Customize your feed: Set your preferences to give you a personalized feed that prioritizes the topics, specialties, countries and types of posts you are most interested in at the top of your feed.
Click customize on the right side of the feed bar and it will prompt you with all the options below:
After selecting all your preferences, don't forget to save so these selections will be prioritized in your feed.
At any time, you can update your preferences in your "For you" feed by clicking "Edit" on the right side of your feed bar.
Wrap- up
We hope this guide helps you learn about the community features. Log in to your Sermo account and check out all the tools available to you to enhance your experience.