Attitudes and practices of surgery residency program directors toward the use of social networking profiles to select residency candidates: A nationwide survey analysis

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-300

  Go, Pauline H ^a,b   Klaassen, Zachary ^a,b   Chamberlain, Ronald S ^a,b,c  

^a St George's University   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; program directors; resident recruitment; social networking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84859338926     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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