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

Diego Laurentino Lima, Raquel Nogueira Cordeiro, Gustavo Lopes Carvalho, Flavio MalcherJournal of Minimal Access Surgery 2019 15(3):275-276 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.
Source: Journal of Minimal Access Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research