University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, United States.
Rush Heart Center for Women, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60614, United States.
Curr Cardiol Rev. 2021;17(2):144-149. doi: 10.2174/1573403X16666200203104851.
Digital and social media have transformed the field of medicine. They are powerful tools that academic and non-academic physicians and healthcare providers are using to influence others, promote ideas, obtain knowledge, disseminate research and communicate with others. The history of advocacy for women in medicine and the role of social media in influencing the choice of women to choose Cardiology as a career and its role in advocacy for Women in Cardiology (WIC) have been reviewed. It has changed the way cardiologists learn, educate, and interact with each other. Social media has proven especially useful in advocating for WIC, but whether it can help improve the numbers of female doctors going into Cardiology remains to be seen. In addition to encouraging women to pursue cardiology, social media has drawn attention to key women's rights issues affecting practicing female cardiologists.
数字和社交媒体已经改变了医学领域。它们是学术和非学术医生和医疗保健提供者用来影响他人、推广理念、获取知识、传播研究和与他人交流的强大工具。本文回顾了医学领域倡导女性权益的历史以及社交媒体在影响女性选择心脏病学作为职业方面的作用及其在女性心脏病学倡导者（WIC）中的作用。它改变了心脏病学家学习、教育和相互交流的方式。社交媒体在倡导 WIC 方面证明特别有用，但它是否有助于增加从事心脏病学的女性医生人数还有待观察。除了鼓励女性从事心脏病学，社交媒体还引起了人们对影响执业女心脏病学家的关键女性权利问题的关注。
