Schneider Andrew M, Tate Jackson, Murphy Michael P, Hamid Kamran, Light Terry R, Schiff Adam P
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.
JB JS Open Access. 2022 Apr 26;7(2). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.21.00159. eCollection 2022 Apr-Jun.
There is a paucity of information regarding the use of social media by both orthopaedic residents and applicants. Therefore, this investigation aimed to (1) characterize the use of social media by current orthopaedic surgery residents and applicants to an orthopaedic surgery residency and (2) evaluate the influence of social media on applicants to an orthopaedic surgery residency.
An anonymous, nationwide survey was conducted among current orthopaedic surgery residents and fourth-year medical students applying to the authors' orthopaedic surgery. Survey data included demographics, social media usage preferences, social media engagement, and the influence of social media on applicants' perception of and decision to apply to residency programs.
Three hundred twelve surveys were completed, which included 170 resident surveys and 142 applicant surveys. Two hundred thirty-seven of the respondents (76%) use social media daily. Two hundred fourteen respondents (72%) have listened to orthopaedic surgery podcasts. Regarding educational social media posts, 81% of the residents and 57% of the applicants preferred case presentations with corresponding imaging; for noneducational posts, 89% of the applicants preferred content involving resident life outside the hospital. When asked how much an orthopaedic residency program's social media presence influenced application decision (on a scale of 0-10, 0 being no influence and 10 being the most influence), the mean response was 3.47 among all respondents.
Most survey respondents use social media daily, have listened to orthopaedic podcasts, find case presentations with corresponding imaging the most useful format for educational posts, and prefer to see residency programs post about resident life outside of the hospital. A residency program's social media presence did not significantly influence applicants' decision to apply to a specific program; however, there was a trend toward increasing influence with more recent applicants. Future research should further investigate social media's impact on the residency application process and the influence of social media on orthopaedic applicants and residents.
关于骨科住院医师和申请者使用社交媒体的信息匮乏。因此，本调查旨在（1）描述当前骨科手术住院医师和骨科手术住院医师项目申请者使用社交媒体的情况，以及（2）评估社交媒体对骨科手术住院医师项目申请者的影响。
对当前骨科手术住院医师和申请作者所在骨科手术项目的四年级医学生进行了一项全国性的匿名调查。调查数据包括人口统计学信息、社交媒体使用偏好、社交媒体参与度，以及社交媒体对申请者对住院医师项目的认知和申请决定的影响。
共完成312份调查问卷，其中包括170份住院医师调查问卷和142份申请者调查问卷。237名受访者（76%）每天使用社交媒体。214名受访者（72%）收听骨科手术播客。关于教育性社交媒体帖子，81%的住院医师和57%的申请者更喜欢配有相应影像的病例展示；对于非教育性帖子，89%的申请者更喜欢涉及住院医师医院外生活的内容。当被问及骨科住院医师项目的社交媒体形象对申请决定有多大影响（0至10分，0表示无影响，10表示影响最大）时，所有受访者的平均回答为3.47分。
大多数受访者每天使用社交媒体，收听骨科播客，认为配有相应影像的病例展示是教育性帖子最有用的形式，并且更喜欢看到住院医师项目发布关于住院医师医院外生活的内容。住院医师项目的社交媒体形象并未显著影响申请者申请特定项目的决定；然而，最近的申请者有受到更大影响的趋势。未来的研究应进一步调查社交媒体对住院医师申请过程的影响，以及社交媒体对骨科申请者和住院医师的影响。
