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Social Media and Networking in Surgical Practice

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The widespread accessibility to social media platforms, such as Facebook™, affords all of the stakeholders interested in optimizing patient outcomes within a specific surgical discipline the extraordinary opportunity to participate in the rapid global exchange of education and ideas. Closed groups, or communities, shielded from the public domain, that are designed to optimize patient outcomes and quality improvement, are changing the way surgeons educate themselves and eachother. It is important for any new surgeon today to understand the pros and cons of using online social media.

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  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Erin Bresnahan B.A.

  2. Department of General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Adam C. Nelson M.D.

  3. Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, 1010 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, 10028, USA

    Brian P. Jacob M.D.

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  1. Division of General Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    David B. Renton

  2. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    Peter Nau

  3. Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Denise W. Gee

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Bresnahan, E., Nelson, A.C., Jacob, B.P. (2017). Social Media and Networking in Surgical Practice. In: Renton, D., Nau, P., Gee, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual Transitioning to Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51397-3_11

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