Social media as a tool to rewrite the narrative for women in cardiothoracic surgery

Nikki L Stamp; Jessica G Y Luc; Maral Ouzounian; Farah Bhatti; Tamara Ni Hici; Mara B Antonoff

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivy358

Social media as a tool to rewrite the narrative for women in cardiothoracic surgery

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2019 Jun 1;28(6):831-837. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivy358.

Authors

Nikki L Stamp¹, Jessica G Y Luc², Maral Ouzounian³, Farah Bhatti⁴, Tamara Ni Hici⁵, Mara B Antonoff⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplantation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ University of Swansea, Wales, UK.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, ABMU, Swansea, UK.
⁶ Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 30715355
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy358

Abstract

To deliver the best possible care, the global surgical workforce should mirror the diverse society it is entrusted to serve. Cardiothoracic surgery remains amongst the most under-represented of the surgical specialties for women. Herein, we describe the role of social media in the cardiothoracic surgery community and its potential to rewrite the narrative for women in cardiothoracic surgery.

Keywords: cardiothoracic surgery workforce; diversity; social media; women.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Physicians, Women*
Social Media*
Specialties, Surgical*
Thoracic Surgery / methods*
Workforce*