How Should Social Media Be Used in Transplantation? A Survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media platforms are increasingly used in surgery and have shown promise as effective tools to promote deceased donation and expand living donor transplantation. There is a growing need to understand how social media-driven communication is perceived by providers in the field of transplantation.

Methods

We surveyed 299 members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons about their use of, attitudes toward, and perceptions of social media and analyzed relationships between responses and participant characteristics.

Results

Respondents used social media to communicate with: family and friends (76%), surgeons (59%), transplant professionals (57%), transplant recipients (21%), living donors (16%), and waitlisted candidates (15%). Most respondents (83%

SUBMITTER: Henderson ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature