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Assessing the Use of Twitter to Share Canadian Residency Match Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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العنوان: Assessing the Use of Twitter to Share Canadian Residency Match Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
المؤلفون: Viola L; Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, CAN., Alibhai KM; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CAN., Chaudry E; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CAN., Kemzang J; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CAN., Khamisa K; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CAN.
المصدر: Cureus [Cureus] 2023 Jul 27; Vol. 15 (7), pp. e42548. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 27 (Print Publication: 2023).
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Cureus, Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101596737 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 2168-8184 (Print) Linking ISSN: 21688184 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cureus Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Palo Alto, CA : Cureus, Inc.
مستخلص: Purpose In their final year, medical students explore prospective residency programs by completing visiting electives and attending interviews during the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) process. Due to COVID-19, visiting electives and in-person interviews were suspended, leaving residency programs searching for alternate ways to share CaRMS information with applicants. This study evaluates the utility of Twitter to share CaRMS-related information prior to and during the pandemic. Methods Primary tweets published from three CaRMS cycles between 2018 and 2021 were identified using the analytics tool Vicinitas. The type, content, and language of tweets and the date and location of publication were extracted. Demographic data about tweet creators were determined using provincial regulatory college databases and institutional websites. Descriptive statistics were employed for categorical variables. All tweets were deductively analyzed. Results Of the 1,843 tweets, 603, 472, and 768 were published during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 cycles, respectively. Most tweets were written in English (97.4%) and by medical students (29.5%) affiliated with Ontario universities. The most common types of tweets were supportive messages (29.1%), reflections about CaRMS (24.7%), and positive match results (20.8%). Rurally located institutions experienced the greatest increase in the total number of tweets between the pre- and full-COVID cycles. Conclusion Since COVID-19, Twitter has been increasingly used by medical professionals to share CaRMS-related information, primarily to promote programs and advertise CaRMS events. Given the environmental and financial benefits, CaRMS interviews will likely remain virtual, which highlights the ongoing need for residency programs to use social media platforms to share information with prospective applicants.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright © 2023, Viola et al.)
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فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: carms; covid-19; residency match; social media; twitter
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20230828 Latest Revision: 20230829
رمز التحديث: 20240628
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC10460131
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.42548
PMID: 37637633
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.42548