TY - JOUR
T1 - Trainee Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network
T2 - Early Experience With TweetChat-Based Journal Clubs
AU - Ni hIci, Tamara
AU - Archer, Michael
AU - Harrington, Caitlin
AU - Luc, Jessica G.Y.
AU - Antonoff, Mara B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the TSSMN for assistance in establishing the trainee group and conducting this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Background: Virtual journal clubs on Twitter (TweetChats) provide a platform to globally discuss publications. The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network (TSSMN) is an organization that focuses on bringing social media attention to key publications in cardiothoracic surgery. TSSMN recently formed a Trainee Group with the goal of conducting chats covering key topics in cardiothoracic surgical training. The aim of this study was to characterize the pilot experience of this group. Methods: The TSSMN trainee group held 3 TweetChats during the study period between 2017 and 2018. Each TweetChat was a structured discussion of 2 to 4 publications. The number of tweets, participants, most popular tweets, and impressions was assessed for each of the TweetChats. Results: The 3 TweetChats had a mean of 40 participants (range, 36-45), generating an average of 497 tweets (range, 451-526) with a mean of 809,746 impressions (range, 591,814-1,140,000). Fruitful discussions on the topics of simulation in surgery, assessment of resident autonomy, and development of optimal organizational cultures to maximize team performance were held. Conclusions: Twitter is a useful tool to collaborate and disseminate information. The 3 TweetChats organized by TSSMN trainee delegates generated approximately 1500 tweets with 2 million impressions. By these metrics, the feasibility of a trainee-led TSSMN TweetChat was confirmed.
AB - Background: Virtual journal clubs on Twitter (TweetChats) provide a platform to globally discuss publications. The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network (TSSMN) is an organization that focuses on bringing social media attention to key publications in cardiothoracic surgery. TSSMN recently formed a Trainee Group with the goal of conducting chats covering key topics in cardiothoracic surgical training. The aim of this study was to characterize the pilot experience of this group. Methods: The TSSMN trainee group held 3 TweetChats during the study period between 2017 and 2018. Each TweetChat was a structured discussion of 2 to 4 publications. The number of tweets, participants, most popular tweets, and impressions was assessed for each of the TweetChats. Results: The 3 TweetChats had a mean of 40 participants (range, 36-45), generating an average of 497 tweets (range, 451-526) with a mean of 809,746 impressions (range, 591,814-1,140,000). Fruitful discussions on the topics of simulation in surgery, assessment of resident autonomy, and development of optimal organizational cultures to maximize team performance were held. Conclusions: Twitter is a useful tool to collaborate and disseminate information. The 3 TweetChats organized by TSSMN trainee delegates generated approximately 1500 tweets with 2 million impressions. By these metrics, the feasibility of a trainee-led TSSMN TweetChat was confirmed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.083
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.083
M3 - Article
C2 - 31348902
AN - SCOPUS:85072222365
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 109
SP - 285
EP - 290
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -