Survey shows that among physicians, men get more professional benefits from social media
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In general, physicians believed that social media is a helpful tool for collaboration, but men were more likely than women to report certain professional benefits from using it, a survey showed.
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CHICAGO - For men physicians, the professional perks of networking on social media, like being asked to give a talk, are abundant, a new Northwestern Medicine study reports.
For women physicians, the benefits are far less plentiful, the study found.
What s more, women physicians are more than twice as likely to be sexually harassed on social media than men physicians, according to an earlier study, published in January, of this same group of study participants.
The findings mirror the struggles women physicians face in person when trying to advance their careers, said first author Nicole Woitowich, research assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Maylyn Martinez, MD, recently rejoined Twitter to post about her first peer-reviewed publication and shared the advice one of us gave her: @FutureDocs warned: as a Hispanic woman researcher, it s KEY to have a platform to amplify my work, making it more impactful, helping career/promotions.
We are not the only ones with this advice. A
New England Journal of Medicineperspective highlighted social media as a way to enhance professional and career opportunities for women.
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Network Open challenges these assumptions. Our research team examined differences in professional benefits that men and women physicians gain from using social media in a sample of over 500 physicians. Male physicians were more likely to report that they received invitations for speaking or scholarship opportunities on social media compared to women physicians. Physicians motivations to use social media also differed. Women were more likely to use social media to build a supportive net
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The Kings Cross injecting roomâs first medical director said she doubts the centre would have opened in todayâs political environment as it was âthe last brave thing that happenedâ in drug reform.
The injecting room arose out of the Drug Summit held after the 1999 state election and former premier Bob Carr, whose government gave it the green light, said it was âan interesting example of media campaign elevating an issue onto the public agendaâ.