Sandalova Elena, Ledford Julie G, Baskaran Mani, Dijkstra Suzan
Danone Nutricia Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2019 Jul 3;6:152. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2019.00152. eCollection 2019.
The integration of new scientific discoveries into clinical practice costs considerable time and resources. With the increased use of social media for scientific communication, new opportunities arise to "bridge the gap" in translational medicine. The present study aimed to investigate how medical professionals access scientific information and understand their view on the role of social media in translational medicine. A questionnaire regarding (i) the use of social media for scientific updates, (ii) the opportunities and challenges of social media for translational medicine, (iii) social media function , and (iv) participant demographics was developed. The survey link was posted online from February, 2018, until April, 2018. A total of 555 professionals responded to the survey. Respondents identified themselves predominantly as researcher/scientists (27%) or medical/biomedical students (15%). The majority of participants was employed at a university or research institute (59%), and most practiced either in Europe (48%) or in Asia (37%). Seventy-eight percent of respondents reported receiving most of scientific news and updates via non-social media options, such as journal websites and newspapers. Fifty-one percent of respondents believed that social media could contribute to closing the gap between scientific discovery and translation to medical application. The most crucial opportunity created by social media was found to be "connecting the right scientist to the right clinician." Participants rated "the translation of scientific finding to clinical practice is too fast before the safety is properly demonstrated" as the most crucial challenge. Half of the respondents were aware of their institutions policy on the professional use of social media. Only 2% of respondents had previously used . Overall, medical professionals were positive about the idea that social media could contribute to the progress of translational medicine. However, it is clear that they are still being cautious about using social media for professional purposes. To fully harness the potential of social media on translational medicine, the medical community needs to be provided with educational programs, guidelines, and support infrastructure within social media.
将新的科学发现融入临床实践需要耗费大量的时间和资源。随着社交媒体在科学交流中的使用日益增加，出现了新的机会来“弥合”转化医学中的“差距”。本研究旨在调查医学专业人员如何获取科学信息，并了解他们对社交媒体在转化医学中作用的看法。设计了一份关于（i）使用社交媒体获取科学更新、（ii）社交媒体在转化医学中的机遇和挑战、（iii）社交媒体功能以及（iv）参与者人口统计学特征的问卷。调查链接于2018年2月至2018年4月在线发布。共有555名专业人员回复了该调查。回复者主要将自己识别为研究人员/科学家（27%）或医学/生物医学学生（15%）。大多数参与者受雇于大学或研究机构（59%），并且大多数在欧洲（48%）或亚洲（37%）执业。78%的回复者报告称通过非社交媒体渠道（如期刊网站和报纸）获取大部分科学新闻和更新。51%的回复者认为社交媒体有助于缩小科学发现与医学应用转化之间的差距。发现社交媒体创造的最关键机遇是“将合适的科学家与合适的临床医生联系起来”。参与者将“在安全性未得到充分证明之前，科学发现向临床实践的转化太快”评为最关键的挑战。一半的回复者知晓其所在机构关于专业使用社交媒体的政策。只有2%的回复者此前使用过……总体而言，医学专业人员对社交媒体有助于转化医学进展的观点持积极态度。然而，很明显他们在将社交媒体用于专业目的时仍持谨慎态度。为了充分发挥社交媒体在转化医学中的潜力，需要为医学界提供社交媒体内的教育项目、指南和支持基础设施。
