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JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 464-472Publisher
AME PUBL CO
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2020.04.11
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Mentorship; thoracic surgery; social media; surgeons
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Social media plays a crucial role in promoting women in cardiothoracic surgery, especially in networking and mentorship. Future studies are needed to determine the longevity and predictors of effectiveness of social media efforts in achieving their goals.
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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