Original Research
Evaluation of Social Media Use by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty David Pearson, MD, MS* Michael C. Bond, MD† Jason Kegg, MD‡ Tyson Pillow, MD§ Laura Hopson, MD¶ Robert Cooney, MD|| Manish Garg, MD# Jay Khadpe, MD** Michael Runyon, MD* Leigh Patterson, MD††
*Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina † University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland ‡ Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Springfield, Illinois § Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston, Texas ¶ University of Michigan Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan || Geisinger Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Danville, Pennsylvania # Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania **SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, New York †† Brody School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
Section Editor: John Ashurst, DO, MSc Submission history: Submitted March 31, 2015; Revision received June 15, 2015; Accepted July 9, 2015 Electronically published October 20, 2015 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.7.26128
Introduction: Clinicians and residency programs are increasing their use of social media (SM) websites for educational and promotional uses, yet little is known about the use of these sites by residents and faculty. The objective of the study is to assess patterns of SM use for personal and professional purposes among emergency medicine (EM) residents and faculty. Methods: In this multi-site study, an 18-question survey was sent by e-mail to the residents and faculty in 14 EM programs and to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) listserv via the online tool SurveyMonkey™. We compiled descriptive statistics, including assessment with the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. StatsDirect software (v 2.8.0, StatsDirect, Cheshire, UK) was used for all analyses. Results: We received 1,314 responses: 63% of respondents were male, 40% were
Evaluation of Social Media Use by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty David Pearson, MD, MS* Michael C. Bond, MD† Jason Kegg, MD‡ Tyson Pillow, MD§ Laura Hopson, MD¶ Robert Cooney, MD|| Manish Garg, MD# Jay Khadpe, MD** Michael Runyon, MD* Leigh Patterson, MD††
*Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina † University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland ‡ Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Springfield, Illinois § Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston, Texas ¶ University of Michigan Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan || Geisinger Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Danville, Pennsylvania # Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania **SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, New York †† Brody School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
Section Editor: John Ashurst, DO, MSc Submission history: Submitted March 31, 2015; Revision received June 15, 2015; Accepted July 9, 2015 Electronically published October 20, 2015 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.7.26128
Introduction: Clinicians and residency programs are increasing their use of social media (SM) websites for educational and promotional uses, yet little is known about the use of these sites by residents and faculty. The objective of the study is to assess patterns of SM use for personal and professional purposes among emergency medicine (EM) residents and faculty. Methods: In this multi-site study, an 18-question survey was sent by e-mail to the residents and faculty in 14 EM programs and to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) listserv via the online tool SurveyMonkey™. We compiled descriptive statistics, including assessment with the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. StatsDirect software (v 2.8.0, StatsDirect, Cheshire, UK) was used for all analyses. Results: We received 1,314 responses: 63% of respondents were male, 40% were
