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DelPrete CR, Gianakos A, LaPorte D, Ierulli VK, Mulcahey MK. Perception and Usage of Social Media Among Women in Orthopaedics. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev 2023; 7:01979360-202311000-00012. [PMID: 37973034 PMCID: PMC10656082 DOI: 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-23-00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The use of social media for marketing, education, and networking has increased among orthopaedic surgeons. Social media has played an important role in supporting women physicians and trainees, by allowing connections to be made across stages of training and geographic borders. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of female orthopaedic surgeons, fellows, residents, and medical students regarding their usage of social media. METHODS A 22-question anonymous survey regarding the perceptions of social media usage was distributed to 1,189 female members of Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society via e-mail in July 2022. Data collection lasted a total of 4 weeks, from July to August 2022. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS A total of 207 responses were received (17% response rate). The respondents comprised 90 orthopaedic surgeons (43%), 60 medical students (29%), 49 residents (24%), and eight fellows (4%). Ninety one percent of participants (189 of 207) reported having a social media account, with 23% (43 of 189) having separate 'personal' and 'professional' accounts. Less than half of all participants reported altering (51 of 189; 27%) or deleting (20 of 189; 11%) profiles for interviews. Fifty three percent of participants (109 of 207) 'agreed' that social media is a good way to network. Twenty eight percent of participants (58 of 207) feared gaining attention to their profile when engaging with professional accounts. Forty percent of participants (62 of 207) agreed that personal life events on social media can be considered unprofessional and should be kept on a private profile. CONCLUSION Social media can be used to network professionally within orthopaedic surgery, connecting women at different levels of training. Although concerns about professionalism of social media accounts exist, this may be mitigated by maintaining a separate private account from a public, professional profile. Future guidelines regarding social media usage and how to maintain professionalism while being active on social media may be beneficial.
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- Cristina R. DelPrete
- From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (Ms. DelPrete); Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Dr. Gianakos); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Dr. LaPorte); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Ms. Ierulli); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Dr. Mulcahey)
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- From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (Ms. DelPrete); Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Dr. Gianakos); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Dr. LaPorte); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Ms. Ierulli); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Dr. Mulcahey)
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- From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (Ms. DelPrete); Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Dr. Gianakos); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Dr. LaPorte); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Ms. Ierulli); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Dr. Mulcahey)
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- From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (Ms. DelPrete); Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Dr. Gianakos); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Dr. LaPorte); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Ms. Ierulli); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Dr. Mulcahey)
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- From Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (Ms. DelPrete); Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (Dr. Gianakos); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Dr. LaPorte); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Ms. Ierulli); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Dr. Mulcahey)
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Viskić J, Marelić M, Machala Poplašen L, Vukušić Rukavina T. Differences between doctors of medicine and dental medicine in the perception of professionalism on social networking sites: the development of the e-professionalism assessment compatibility index (ePACI). BMC Med Ethics 2022; 23:129. [PMID: 36474221 PMCID: PMC9727956 DOI: 10.1186/s12910-022-00870-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Social networking sites (SNSs) have penetrated all aspects of health care professionals' (HCPs') professional and private lives. A new term, e-professionalism, has emerged, which describes the linking of traditional values with this new dynamic online environment for HCPs. The four aims of this study were: (1) to examine their SNS prevalence and usage habits, (2) to examine their perception of e-professionalism, (3) to develop an e-professionalism assessment compatibility index and (4) to investigate their tendencies and differences in values of the e-professionalism assessment compatibility index (ePACI). METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among MDs and DMDs in Croatia via email using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to all MDs and DMDs who were members of their respective chambers. In addition to descriptive statistics, Chi-square or Fisher's exact test when appropriate, t-test, ANOVA and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to determine differences between groups. A principal component analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation was used to investigate dimensionality. Results of the PCA were compared to the coding based on the Social Media e-Professionalism rubric in order to create the ePACI. RESULTS Of the 1013 gathered responses, 753 were from valid SNS users and suitable for further analysis. Facebook (91.6%) and Instagram (63.1%) were the predominant SNSs used. Both groups have a good understanding of e-professionalism. The newly developed ePACI deviates slightly in the "conservative" direction in the cases of both, MDs (t506 = 19.033, p < 0.001) and DMDs (t245 = 12.991, p < 0.001). HCPs who are older (r = 0.308, p < 0.001), who have fewer SNS profiles (rs = -0.142, p < 0.001), and who access their profiles less frequently (r = -0.166, p < 0.001) have statistically significantly more conservative ePACI values. CONCLUSIONS MDs and DMDs in Croatia are frequent SNS users, with Facebook and Instagram being the main SNSs used. Both groups have a good understanding of e-professionalism. The newly developed ePACI deviates slightly towards the conservative side regarding perception of the e-professionalism content for both groups. The development of the ePACI, and its subsequent usage in further research, will have a direct influence in its validation, gathering comparable data, and be able to direct efforts in oversight, regulation and education.
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- J. Viskić
- grid.4808.40000 0001 0657 4636Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- grid.4808.40000 0001 0657 4636Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- grid.4808.40000 0001 0657 4636Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- grid.4808.40000 0001 0657 4636Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Vukušić Rukavina T, Machala Poplašen L, Majer M, Relić D, Viskić J, Marelić M. Defining Potentially Unprofessional Behavior on Social Media for Health Care Professionals: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR MEDICAL EDUCATION 2022; 8:e35585. [PMID: 35758605 PMCID: PMC9399843 DOI: 10.2196/35585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Social media presence among health care professionals is ubiquitous and largely beneficial for their personal and professional lives. New standards are forming in the context of e-professionalism, which are loosening the predefined older and offline terms. With these benefits also come dangers, with exposure to evaluation on all levels from peers, superiors, and the public, as witnessed in the #medbikini movement. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to develop an improved coding scheme (SMePROF coding scheme) for the assessment of unprofessional behavior on Facebook of medical or dental students and faculty, compare reliability between coding schemes used in previous research and SMePROF coding scheme, compare gender-based differences for the assessment of the professional content on Facebook, validate the SMePROF coding scheme, and assess the level of and to characterize web-based professionalism on publicly available Facebook profiles of medical or dental students and faculty. METHODS A search was performed via a new Facebook account using a systematic probabilistic sample of students and faculty in the University of Zagreb School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. Each profile was subsequently assessed with regard to professionalism based on previously published criteria and compared using the SMePROF coding scheme developed for this study. RESULTS Intercoder reliability increased when the SMePROF coding scheme was used for the comparison of gender-based coding results. Results showed an increase in the gender-based agreement of the final codes for the category professionalism, from 85% in the first phase to 96.2% in the second phase. Final results of the second phase showed that there was almost no difference between female and male coders for coding potentially unprofessional content for students (7/240, 2.9% vs 5/203, 2.5%) or for coding unprofessional content for students (11/240, 4.6% vs 11/203, 5.4%). Comparison of definitive results between the first and second phases indicated an understanding of web-based professionalism, with unprofessional content being very low, both for students (9/222, 4.1% vs 12/206, 5.8%) and faculty (1/25, 4% vs 0/23, 0%). For assessment of the potentially unprofessional content, we observed a 4-fold decrease, using the SMePROF rubric, for students (26/222, 11.7% to 6/206, 2.9%) and a 5-fold decrease for faculty (6/25, 24% to 1/23, 4%). CONCLUSIONS SMePROF coding scheme for assessing professionalism of health-care professionals on Facebook is a validated and more objective instrument. This research emphasizes the role that context plays in the perception of unprofessional and potentially unprofessional content and provides insight into the existence of different sets of rules for web-based and offline interaction that marks behavior as unprofessional. The level of e-professionalism on Facebook profiles of medical or dental students and faculty available for public viewing has shown a high level of understanding of e-professionalism.
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- Tea Vukušić Rukavina
- Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Cawcutt KA, Marcelin JR, Cortés-Penfield N, Cutrell JB, Dong SW, Mahoney MV, McCarty TP, Mediwala Hornback K, Titanji BK, Woc-Colburn LE, Schwartz IS. #SoMe the Money! Value, Strategy, and Implementation of Social Media Engagement for Infectious Diseases Trainees, Clinicians, and Divisions. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 74:S229-S236. [PMID: 35568477 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Social media platforms have revolutionized how we consume information, along with how to effectively present communication, education, and advocacy efforts. There is profound value in leveraging social media within these aspects for the field of infectious diseases, for divisions and individual clinicians. Herein, we provide the rationale to incorporate social media as a key competency for infectious diseases training and specific guidance on aspects of education and strategic development of new accounts critical for success.
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- Kelly A Cawcutt
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USAand
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USAand
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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