Peer Reviewed Title: Evaluation of Social Media Use by Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty Journal Issue: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 16(5) Author: Pearson, David, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina Bond, Michael C., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Kegg, Jason, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Springfield, Illinois Pillow, Tyson, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston, Texas Hopson, Laura, University of Michigan Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan Cooney, Robert, Geisinger Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Danville, Pennsylvania Garg, Manish, Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Khadpe, Jay, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, New York Runyon, Michael, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina Patterson, Leigh, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina Publication Date: 2015 Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4ht7914m DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.7.26128 Acknowledgements: Felix Ankel, Regions,
[email protected]; Daniel Cabrera, Mayo,
[email protected]; Ronald Hall, Thomas Jefferson,
[email protected]; Harsh Sule, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School,
[email protected]; Jason Kegg, Southern Illinois,
[email protected]; Donald Norris, Ohio State,
[email protected]; Michael
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Rest, Yale,
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[email protected],; Nestor Rodriguez, Wisconsin,
[email protected] The manuscript was copyedited by Linda J. Kesselring, MS, ELS, the technical editor/writer in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Keywords: social media, residency education, medical education Local Identifier: uciem_westjem_26128 Abstract: 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
