#TipsForNewDocs: Mentoring From Miles Away

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“…The originator of this movement is not clear, although it was submitted to Symplur health care analytics software (www.symplur.com) for tracking under the Healthcare Hashtag Project by the Twitter user @_NMay. Although this hashtag has been publicised and congratulated, it has not yet been examined in a systematic way.…”

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“…Leveraging SoMe for professional networking can help level the playing field against time, geography, and traditional hierarchical status of medicine. [16][17][18][19] SoMe creates accessibility to bring your voice, name, or reputation to bigger circles.…”

“…Hospital systems use SoMe to promote brand presence, patient education, and reputation scores. 5 An estimated 25–65% of medical professionals are using SoMe 6 – 10 for clinical outreach, 11 – 13 career development, 8 , 14 – 21 research, 15 , 22 – 33 education, 34 – 44 and advocacy efforts. 45 – 59 However, there are misconceptions, anecdotal stories, and fears surrounding a medical professional's use of SoMe use, which can foster inappropriate use, skepticism, and criticism.…”

“…Hospital systems use SoMe to promote brand presence, patient education, and reputation scores. 5 An estimated 25-65% of medical professionals are using SoMe [6][7][8][9][10] for clinical outreach, [11][12][13] career development, 8,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] research, 15,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] education, [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] and advocacy efforts. [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]…”

Social media in cardiology: Reasons to learn how to use it

“…Many authors underline the potential for engagement between peers, there are no boundaries and the communications are near to be immediate[6,7]; even some people believe that mentoring could be possible through social media[8]. Also contact with patients could be done through Social media but we must be cautious with these approach[9].…”