The influence of social media in minimally invasive surgery education: How surgeons exchange experience and knowledge in these platforms

Engagement with social media is increasing within medical professionals. There are many different platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Telegram, and so on. Social media is a new and important tool for surgical education. More and more surgeons are joining restricted groups to d...

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Published in:	Journal of minimal access surgery Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 275 - 276
Main Authors:	Lima, Diego, Cordeiro, Raquel, Carvalho, Gustavo, Malcher, Flavio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2019 Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:	Collaboration Education Educational aspects Laparoscopy Medical personnel Medical personnel training Methods Minimally invasive surgery Personal Viewpoint Physicians Social media Social networks Surgery surgical education Training minimally invasive surgery Laparoscopy surgical education
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Summary:	Engagement with social media is increasing within medical professionals. There are many different platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Telegram, and so on. Social media is a new and important tool for surgical education. More and more surgeons are joining restricted groups to discuss surgical techniques, manuscripts, etc in a daily basis. It is important that residents and surgeons have a very critical opinion about what they look online. Not everything is good or feasible.
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ISSN:	0972-9941 1998-3921
DOI:	10.4103/jmas.jmas_270_18