The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2022 Nov-Dec;51(6):826-828. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2022.06.001. Epub 2022 Jun 11.
TikTok is the fastest growing social media app in the world and is designed to be social and promote discovery. We have used various social media sites (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest) for radiology education for several years, and created a TikTok account in March 2020 (@CTisus) to determine its suitability for expanding our audience for radiology education. Since we create video content for our website and other social media outlets, we have posted those videos to TikTok, opting not to create anything specifically for TikTok. For the hashtag #radiology (which currently has 388.2 million views), we viewed the first 100 videos shown per TikTok's algorithm. About half the videos (n=46) were about radiology work life, including remarks by patients or basic information about becoming a radiology technologist. Twenty-four videos were radiology-related jokes. Seven videos showed radiology equipment, mainly how MRI scanners interact with metal. Ultimately, only eight were professional English-language videos pertaining to radiology education. Though the appeal of TikTok is clear based on popularity, potentially offensive, inappropriate, or irrelevant videos can appear. TikTok for radiology, then, should come with a disclaimer. But TikTok should not be summarily dismissed as a silly dancing app. Educators can reach a substantial audience, especially those in the earliest stages of their medical education. Though it is currently not the most suitable app for medical professionals, TikTok warrants consideration for use in radiology education as long as it is used with caution.
TikTok 是全球发展最快的社交媒体应用程序，旨在促进社交和发现。我们已经使用各种社交媒体网站（如 Facebook、Twitter、YouTube、Instagram 和 Pinterest）进行放射学教育多年，并于 2020 年 3 月创建了一个 TikTok 账户（@CTisus），以确定其是否适合扩大我们的放射学教育受众。由于我们为我们的网站和其他社交媒体渠道创建视频内容，因此我们将这些视频发布到了 TikTok 上，而没有专门为 TikTok 创建任何内容。对于标签 #radiology（目前有 3.882 亿次浏览量），我们按照 TikTok 的算法查看了前 100 个视频。大约一半的视频（n=46）是关于放射科工作生活的，包括患者的评论或成为放射技师的基本信息。24 个视频是与放射学相关的笑话。七个视频展示了放射科设备，主要是 MRI 扫描仪与金属的相互作用。最终，只有八个是专业的英语放射学教育视频。尽管 TikTok 的受欢迎程度显而易见，但可能会出现冒犯性、不适当或不相关的视频。因此，TikTok 用于放射科时应该附有免责声明。但不能因为 TikTok 是一个搞笑的舞蹈应用程序就将其简单否定。教育者可以接触到大量的观众，尤其是那些处于医学教育早期阶段的观众。虽然它目前不是最适合医疗专业人员的应用程序，但只要谨慎使用，TikTok 就值得考虑在放射学教育中使用。
