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The Social Media Footprint of Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Programs: Where Do We Stand?

Social media utilization is expanding within graduate medical education and academic surgery. This study aims to quantify the current social media footprint of pediatric surgery (PS) fellowship training programs. United States PS fellowship programs from the American Pediatric Surgical Association w...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric surgery 2023-12, Vol.58 (12), p.2294-2299
Main Authors: Shah, Nikhil R., DeFilippo, Christine G., DeJesus, Jana, Price, Anthony, Naik-Mathuria, Bindi, Radhakrishnan, Ravi S.
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Language:English
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Summary:Social media utilization is expanding within graduate medical education and academic surgery. This study aims to quantify the current social media footprint of pediatric surgery (PS) fellowship training programs. United States PS fellowship programs from the American Pediatric Surgical Association website and social media accounts on three platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) were identified. Authors quantified subject matter within public program content and compared PS social media utilization to other surgical training programs. A public Twitter survey was disseminated to evaluate recent PS applicant Twitter use and perceptions about content posted by programs. Of 51 PS fellowship programs, 23 (45.1%) had active Twitter accounts, 2 (3.9%) had active Facebook accounts, and 1 (2.0%) had an active Instagram account. Cumulatively, 5162 organic posts were published across all 26 accounts (90.4% on Twitter). Most commonly posted content included research/conference presentations (31.3%) and faculty accolades (15.1%), while clinical/OR experience (3.6%), gender/ethnic diversity (2.4%) had the least content. Compared to other training programs, PS has lower utilization of Facebook (p 
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.08.015