Being a physician these days is not easy, and it can feel even tougher to run one’s own private practice. One sobering survey found that 8% of practices had closed during the pandemic. But there are ways to make it work—and there’s good reason to try. Tara Scott, an OB/GYN turned hormone specialist who is…
On a Zoom call last March, Katie Hisert, a pulmonologist, assistant professor and researcher at National Jewish Health in Denver, realized that she was on the verge of a panic attack. She and her critical care colleagues were discussing what they would do should they run out of ventilators for COVID-19 patients. Afterward, Hisert immediately…
Social media can be a toxic jungle for many people, but new research shows that it’s especially bad for women physicians. They are twice as likely as male doctors to be sexually harassed on the internet and are often subject to other online abuse, including personal attacks, coordinated harassment and barrages of negative reviews. Doxing…
Ah, Twitter. Between politics, pandemic misinformation and sports trash-talk, it’s easy to forget that for millions of users, the social media platform is all about laughs–or at least, a smile. And that’s especially true for the thousands of medical providers who are trying to make healthcare funnier, 280 characters at a time. Sure, plenty of…
As a family medicine resident, Rose Marie Leslie is no stranger to long shifts. Yet each day, the University of Minnesota physician finds ten or so minutes to post on TikTok, a video-sharing social networking service where the 30-year-old is a viral star. With peppy videos on topics like teen vaping, the inner workings of…
Farris K. Timimi, MD, and Lee Aase from the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network shared their views on the role of social media in physician practice.
One suggestion for digital detoxing is to remove any distractions that don’t involve work, family, friends, or health, which means muting any extra notifications or alerts.
Although social media advertising is an innovative and useful tool, there are risks to patients who are exposed to a physician’s “brand” through social media.
Social media has proven to be an important tool across all professional fields, including medicine.
Among physicians posting top plastic surgery-related content to Instagram, plastic surgeons eligible for membership in the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery are underrepresented
