The influence of social media in minimally invasive surgery education: How surgeons exchange experience and knowledge in these platforms

J Minim Access Surg. 2019 Jul-Sep;15(3):275-276. doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_270_18.

Abstract

Engagement with social media is increasing within medical professionals. There are many different platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Telegram, and so on. Social media is a new and important tool for surgical education. More and more surgeons are joining restricted groups to discuss surgical techniques, manuscripts, etc in a daily basis. It is important that residents and surgeons have a very critical opinion about what they look online. Not everything is good or feasible.

Keywords: Laparoscopy; minimally invasive surgery; surgical education.