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Influence of Social Media on Externship and Residency Selection for Podiatric Medical Students and Residents
Bryanna D Vesely1, Jennifer Kipp-Jones1, Brooke Kiefer1
1*Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Background:
The podiatric medicine residency match is a multifaceted system that includes prospective residents ranking their preferred residency programs. As social media increases, residency programs have increased their use of social media.
Methods:
The present study used an online survey to investigate the perspectives of podiatric medical trainees on social media use in residency programs.
Results:
Ninety-six percent of participants reported using social media, with Instagram (86.8%) and Facebook (78.0%) being the most popular platforms. More than half of the respondents (57.4%) stated that a program's social media affected their view of the program. However, 93.5% stated that it did not impact their residency match rank list. Almost three-quarters of respondents reported following residency programs online.
Conclusions:
Overall, we found that social media was heavily used by podiatric medical trainees. Social media platforms affected prospective residents' views about a program but did not impact overall externship selection or residency match rank list.
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