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Social media serves as a tool to fill gaps in current efforts to promote women in cardiothoracic surgery, and, given its global reach, may be a particularly effective modality. Social media has an important role in networking and mentorship, especially for women seeking careers in specialties with relatively sparse female representation, such as cardiothoracic surgery. In addition, social media may facilitate professional interactions, collaboration, growth of online reputations, engagement in continued education, communication of novel research findings, and patient education. Herein, we review the evidence for social media in the networking and mentorship of women in cardiothoracic surgery. Future studies are needed to establish the durability of social media efforts and predictors in its effectiveness in achieving its goals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Erin M Corsini
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Luc JG, Archer MA, Arora RC, Bender EM, Blitz A, Cooke DT, Hlci TN, Kidane B, Ouzounian M, Varghese TK, Antonoff MB. Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results From the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 111:296-300. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Corsini EM, Boeck M, Hughes KA, Logghe HJ, Pitt SC, Stamp N, Antonoff MB. Global Impact of Social Media on Women in Surgery. Am Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/000313482008600236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The professional use of social media is increasingly prevalent today, particularly in medicine and surgery. Several recent movements have highlighted the strengths of this forum for networking and mentorship for females in surgery who otherwise may lack mentors locally. We sought to describe modern uses for and strengths of social media for women in surgery globally via a systematic review of the literature. Multiple efforts and avenues have promoted gender equality in surgery, while also uniting female surgeons in a collaborative virtual network of colleagues. In particular, movements on Twitter, such as #ILookLikeASurgeon and #NYerORCoverChallenge, as well as other collaborative virtual fora have brought visibility to female surgeons, while drawing the young population of students and trainees toward surgical careers. Social media provides a unique opportunity for female trainees and established surgeons alike to network and establish mentorship relationships, which may aid in fostering interest in surgery and closing the gender gap in our field.
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Affiliation(s)
- Erin M. Corsini
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Acute Care Surgery, Falmouth Hospital/Cape Cod Healthcare, Falmouth, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM) has taken the emergency medicine and critical care worlds by storm in the past decade. This article represents one perspective on the stages of transition for FOAM from its humble beginnings as a grassroots movement to the more recent multiauthor blogs that are described in the peer-reviewed literature. In this article, the authors describe the following four distinct waves of people within the movement, with each wave creating a new stage in the evolution of the FOAM community: Creation by the Founders, Adoption by the Enthusiasts, Structure and Formalization by the Structuralists, and Engagement and Activity by the End Users. The authors contextualize some of the phenomena that have been observed within this field and highlight challenges for the field moving forward.
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Navarro SM, Mazingi D, Keil E, Dube A, Dedeker C, Stewart KA, Ncube T, Rickard JL, Lavy C, Tuttle TM. Identifying New Frontiers for Social Media Engagement in Global Surgery: An Observational Study. World J Surg 2020; 44:2881-2891. [PMID: 32447417 PMCID: PMC7385014 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05553-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background The purpose of this observational study is to characterize the use of social media content pertaining to global surgery. Methods A search for public posts on social media related to global surgery was performed over a 3-month window, from January 1st, 2019, to March 31st, 2019. Two public domains were included in the search: Instagram and Twitter. Posts were selected by filtering for one hashtag: #GlobalSurgery. A binary scoring system was used for media format, perspective of the poster, timing of the post, tone, and post content. Data were analyzed using Chi-squared tests with significance set to p < 0.05. Results Overall, 2633 posts with the hashtag #GlobalSurgery were publicly shared on these two social media platforms over the 3-month period. Of these, 2272 (86.3%) referenced content related to global surgery and were original posts. Physicians and other health professionals authored a majority (60.5%, 1083/1788) of posts on Twitter, whereas organizations comprised a majority of the posts on Instagram (59.9%, 290/484). Posts either had a positive (50.2%, 1140/2272) or neutral (49.6%, 1126/2272) tone, with only 0.3% or 6/2272 of posts being explicitly negative. The content of the posts varied, but most frequently (43.4%, 986/2272) focused on promoting communication and engagement within the community, followed by educational content (21.3%, 486/2272), advertisements (18.8%, 427/2272), and published research (13.2%, 299/2272). The majority of global surgery posts originated from the USA, UK, or Canada (67.6%, 1537/2272), followed by international organizations (11.5%, 261/2272). Chi-squared analysis comparing Instagram with Twitter performed examining media content, tone, perspective, and content, finding statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) the two platforms for each of the categories. Conclusion The online social media community with respect to global surgery engagement is predominantly composed of surgeons and health care professionals, focused primarily on promoting dialogue within the online community. Social media platforms may provide a scalable tool that can augment engagement between global surgeons, with remaining opportunity to foster global collaboration, community engagement, education and awareness.
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- Sergio M Navarro
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. .,Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Surgery, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- University of the Witwatersrand, Linksfield Orthopaedic, Sports and Rehabilitation Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Luc JGY, Archer MA, Arora RC, Bender EM, Blitz A, Cooke DT, Elde S, Guy TS, Halpern AL, Harrington C, Hlci TN, Kidane B, Olive JK, Ouzounian M, Stamp N, Vervoort D, Varghese TK, Antonoff MB. The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 110:1103-1107. [PMID: 32425205 PMCID: PMC7232073 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jessica G Y Luc
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, State University of New York-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina
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- Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, California
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, ABMU, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Medicine & Physical Activity and Wellbeing Research Group, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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Stamp NL, Luc JGY, Ouzounian M, Bhatti F, Hici TN, Antonoff MB. Social media as a tool to rewrite the narrative for women in cardiothoracic surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 28:831-837. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Nikki L Stamp
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplantation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, ABMU, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Live Tweet The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting: How to Leverage Twitter to Maximize Your Conference Experience. Ann Thorac Surg 2018; 106:1597-1601. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Luc JG, Stamp NL, Antonoff MB. Social Media as a Means of Networking and Mentorship: Role for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 30:487-495. [DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Buckarma EH, Thiels CA, Gas BL, Cabrera D, Bingener-Casey J, Farley DR. Influence of Social Media on the Dissemination of a Traditional Surgical Research Article. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION 2017; 74:79-83. [PMID: 27993626 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Many institutions use social media to share research with the general public. However, the influence of social media on the dissemination of a surgical research article itself is unknown. Our objective was to determine whether a blog post highlighting the findings of a surgical research article would lead to increased dissemination of the article itself. DESIGN We prospectively followed the online page views of an article that was published online in Surgery in May 2015 and published in print in August 2015. The authors subsequently released a blog post in October 2015 to promote the research. The number of article page views from the journal's website was obtained before and after the blog post, along with the page views from the blog post itself. Social media influence data were collected, including social activity in the form of mentions on social media sites, scholarly activity in online libraries, and scholarly commentary. RESULTS The article's online activity peaked in the first month after online publication (475 page views). Online activity plateaued by 4 months after publication, with 118 monthly page views, and a blog post was subsequently published. The blog post was viewed by 1566 readers, and readers spent a mean of 2.5 minutes on the page. When compared to the projected trend, the page views increased by 33% in the month after the blog post. The blog post resulted in a 9% increase in the social media influence score and a 5% absolute increase in total article page views. CONCLUSIONS Social media is an important tool for sharing surgical research. Our data suggest that social media can increase distribution of an article's message and also potentially increase dissemination of the article itself. We believe that authors should consider using social media to increase the dissemination of traditionally published articles.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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How Twitter has connected the colorectal community. Tech Coloproctol 2016; 20:805-809. [PMID: 27848122 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-016-1542-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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