Internet and Social Media Contribute to Medical Research Journal Growth |
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Institution: | 1. Knee Surgery Center, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;2. Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Research Division, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;3. Biomechanics Laboratory, Physical Education and Sports School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;4. Research Division, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;1. Phoenix, Arizona (I.A.);1. Cedars Sinai - Kerlan Jobe Institute |
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Abstract: | In 2010, our editorial team wrote about the Internet’s inarguable role in overloading information on our readers. In this editorial, we reflect on insights gained, mostly in the past decade, regarding the Internet and social media. Medical and surgical information online is easy to obtain, but it varies from platform to platform, is low in quality and reliability, and overestimates the public’s ability to decipher the information. Physicians do not use social media enough, or well. Social media can engage patients and can inform patients about the quality of medical and surgical information online. Physicians, themselves, can provide reliable information that informs patients and eases their minds. Physician-authors can use social media to develop communities with shared interests in research; members of these communities can post research findings and highlight the publications in which they find them. Discussion of research online increases the likelihood that it will be cited. It is no surprise that the Internet and social media have contributed to the growth of Arthroscopy; Arthroscopy Techniques; and Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation. |
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