Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH. Electronic address: http://www.twitter.com/APriceMD.
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH. Electronic address: http://www.twitter.com/shimulshah73.
Surgery. 2023 Aug;174(2):383-386. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.04.038. Epub 2023 May 21.
Academic research dissemination has evolved tremendously throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. With the advent of new technology and remote communication, the fast and efficient sharing of ideas has spread worldwide and has been appropriately embraced by academic surgical researchers. The use of social media by surgeons has expanded our ability to share hypotheses and published works that lead to higher degrees of collaboration than previously possible. The strengths of social media use for research dissemination in surgery include immediate collaboration on a global scale, faster dissemination of results previously hindered by the publishing process, open peer review from a wider audience, and enhancing the experience of academic meetings. However, social media use for research dissemination is not perfect and is hindered by lack of author verification, public misinterpretation, and lack of standardized enforceable professional guidelines. To combat these potential pitfalls, surgical societies should prioritize specific and intervenable guidelines for surgeons regarding the appropriate use of social media for research dissemination.
学术研究的传播在 20 世纪和 21 世纪初发生了巨大的变化。随着新技术和远程通信的出现，快速有效地分享思想已经在全球范围内传播开来，并得到了学术外科研究人员的适当接受。外科医生使用社交媒体扩大了我们分享假说和已发表作品的能力，从而导致了比以前更高程度的合作。社交媒体在外科手术研究传播中的优势包括在全球范围内即时合作，更快地传播以前由于出版过程而受阻的结果，来自更广泛受众的公开同行评审，以及增强学术会议的体验。然而，社交媒体在研究传播中的使用并不完美，并且受到缺乏作者验证、公众误解和缺乏标准化可执行的专业准则的阻碍。为了应对这些潜在的陷阱，外科协会应该优先为外科医生制定关于社交媒体在研究传播中适当使用的具体和可干预的准则。
