Trainee Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early Experience With TweetChat-Based Journal Clubs

Hici, Tamara Ni; Archer, Michael A.; Harrington, Caitlin; Luc, Jessica G.Y.; Antonoff, Mara B.

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.083

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“… 18 Broadcasting journal clubs through social media has been successful in reaching larger audiences. 19 Similar opportunities arise for educational groups, such as the Thoracic Education Cooperative Group, to expand their networks into the virtual world. 20 Context-specific learning: Virtual learning may enable similar programs (eg, geographic based on ethnical and genetic variations or resource constraints) to share lessons and find common solutions to specific patient problems or institutional barriers.…”

Section: The Possibilitiesmentioning

confidence: 94%

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Brave New World: Virtual conferencing and surgical education in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 era

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Section: The Possibilitiesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: The Possibilitiesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Brave New World: Virtual conferencing and surgical education in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 era

Vervoort

Dearani

Starnes

et al. 2021

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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“…3 . The influence of two tweet-based global surgery journal clubs on the volume of posts is clear on 2/6/19 and 2/19/19, further stressing the role that top posters play in the discussion around global surgery [ 13 ]. Of note, there were three captured monthly online Twitter Journal Club sessions specifically led and created regarding global surgery, leading to increased participation and activity within the global surgery social media community.…”

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Identifying New Frontiers for Social Media Engagement in Global Surgery: An Observational Study

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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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“…This collaborative virtual group formed by the joint efforts of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery has 18 delegates and collectively over 53,000 followers. The TSSMN has been successful in bringing together medical professionals and trainees at all levels across the world for networking and dissemination of topical journal articles in the field of cardiothoracic surgery via TweetChatbased journal clubs (35). Additionally, recent results from a randomized trial demonstrated significantly improved Altmetric scores, Mendeley reads, and Twitter impressions when articles were tweeted versus control (non-tweeted), suggesting that this academic dialogue is impactful and long-lasting (36).…”

Section: Social Media For Surgeonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women in thoracic surgery: social media and the value of mentorship

Corsini¹,

Luc²,

Antonoff³

2021

J Thorac Dis

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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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Trainee Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early Experience With TweetChat-Based Journal Clubs

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

Brave New World: Virtual conferencing and surgical education in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 era

Brave New World: Virtual conferencing and surgical education in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 era

Identifying New Frontiers for Social Media Engagement in Global Surgery: An Observational Study

Women in thoracic surgery: social media and the value of mentorship

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