Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children (NM Heitkamp, LE Morgan), Indianapolis, Ind.
Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School (JB Carmody), Norfolk, Va.
Acad Pediatr. 2021 Mar;21(2):201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.016. Epub 2020 Nov 21.
For academic pediatricians, social media has become an important avenue for professional development through continuing education, professional networking, and academic collaboration. Pediatric residency program directors have recognized additional benefits of social media engagement via program promotion and resident recruitment. The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent move to virtual interviews for the 2020-2021 residency interview season have created a new urgency for pediatric program directors to establish an active social media presence, primarily as a means to engage applicants and provide them with information in lieu of cancelled away rotations and in-person interviews. Twitter is a free microblogging and social networking platform that allows real-time engagement among academic pediatricians. Here, we make the case that all pediatric program directors should have an active presence on Twitter.
对于学术儿科医生来说，社交媒体已经成为继续教育、专业网络和学术合作的重要途径，有助于他们的职业发展。儿科住院医师培训项目主管也认识到，通过项目推广和住院医师招聘，参与社交媒体还能带来额外的好处。新型冠状病毒病 2019（COVID-19）大流行以及随后为 2020-2021 住院医师面试季改为虚拟面试，这使得儿科项目主管们迫切需要建立积极的社交媒体形象，主要是作为一种与申请人互动的方式，并在取消轮岗和面对面面试的情况下为他们提供信息。Twitter 是一个免费的微博和社交网络平台，允许学术儿科医生之间实时互动。在这里，我们认为所有儿科项目主管都应该在 Twitter 上拥有活跃的个人主页。
