ArticleThe American surgeon2021
Twitter Hashtag and Online Engagement During Surgical Society Meetings Over a 5-Year Period.
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- A decade of digital impact: Results of the Women in Thoracic Surgery social media initiative.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Shifting the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress to 100% Virtual Format During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Is It Better for Knowledge Dissemination?The American surgeon · 2023Article
- An Innovative Use of Twitter to Disseminate and Promote Medical Student Scholarship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Usability Study.JMIR medical education · 2022Article
- Advancing trauma care through social media.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundUtilizing social media platforms can augment medical conferences by sharing new knowledge and information through hashtags. We aim to investigate the use of Twitter, enhanced conference experience, and education at the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Annual Scientific Assembly 2016-2020.
methodsEAST hashtags were analyzed for the Annual Scientific Assembly 2016-2020: #EAST2016, #EAST2017, #EAST2018, #EAST2019, and #EAST2020. Using #EAST2016 as a baseline, active interaction through engagement, measured by tweets and retweets, passive interaction through impressions, measured by views, as well as users, and influencers were analyzed.
results2016-2018 saw a significant increase in engagement (7400 to 9200 to 11 000, respectively,
conclusion#EAST2016-2018 showed a significant increase in engagement between users, measured by tweets/retweets. However, #EAST2019-2020 suffered declines in users' engagement, maybe a result of social media fatigue. Although, #EAST2016-2020 showed a significant increase in impressions. Both passive and to a more extent active forms of online social media engagement can potentially disseminate new knowledge and medical information. Scientific societies should focus on more effective ways to maintain and enhance users' online experience and engagement toward better utilization of social media platforms.
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