An exploration of the use of social media by surgical colleges

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1420-1427

  Ralston, Maximilian R ^a   O'Neill, Stephen ^b   Wigmore, Stephen J ^b   Harrison, Ewen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education training; Organisational policy; Public influence; Social media; Surgical colleges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; IRELAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918780780     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.10.035     Document Type: Article

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