Analysis of Physician Use of Social Media

Irbaz Hameed; Christian T Oakley; Adham Ahmed; Nyla Naeem; N Bryce Robinson; N U Farrukh Hameed; Mario Gaudino

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18213

Analysis of Physician Use of Social Media

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2118213. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18213.

Authors

Irbaz Hameed¹, Christian T Oakley², Adham Ahmed², Nyla Naeem², N Bryce Robinson², N U Farrukh Hameed^{2

3}, Mario Gaudino²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses social media presence, activity, followers, and research activity among physicians from different surgical and medical specialties at top-rated US hospitals.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine / statistics & numerical data*
Middle Aged
Physicians / statistics & numerical data*
Social Media / statistics & numerical data*
United States