Characterizing the social media footprint of general surgery residency programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The medical community has increasingly embraced social media for a variety of purposes, including trainee education, research dissemination, professional networking, and recruitment of trainees and faculty. Platform choice and usage patterns appear to vary by specialty and purpose, but few studies comprehensively assess programs' social media presence. Prior studies assessed general surgery departments' Twitter use but omitted additional social media platforms and residency-specific accounts.

Objective

This study sought to broadly characterize the social media footprint of U.S. general surgery residency programs.

Methods

Using a protocolized search of program websites, social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), and internet search, cro

SUBMITTER: White EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244871 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature