Juan José Segura Sampedro1, Rafael Morales Soriano2, José Luis Ramos Rodríguez3, Francisco Javier González-Argenté2, Julio Mayol4. 1. Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Instituto de investigación Sanitaria de Islas Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, España. Electronic address: segusamjj@gmail.com. 2. Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Instituto de investigación Sanitaria de Islas Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, España. 3. Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, España. 4. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The use of web 2.0 tools and especially Twitter is in full expansion. Twitter has jumped from the personal field to the professional with great success, joining as a means of regular dissemination in scientific congresses. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The use of Twitter from 2013 to 2016 was monitored at the congresses of the Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC). To do this, the hashtags (# rnc13, # cnc14, # rnc15, # cncirugia16) were analyzed through various websites for analysis of hashtags. RESULTS: The use of Twitter among the members of the Spanish Association of Surgeons has increased clearly, surpassing other American societies. It has increased in number of tweets, in number of tweeters and in the ratio of the same with respect to those attending congresses. While at the beginning the majority of tweets (65%) were the responsibility of a group of influencers, in recent years, due to the increase in tweets, the maximum influencers are only responsible for 35% of tweets. The number of institutional accounts in the top 10 has also been reduced. CONCLUSION: n the AEC the use of twitter has grown clearly and almost exponentially in recent years. Although initially the tweeted community was small and a few were responsible for a majority of tweets, the progressive growth and penetration of twitter has made that in recent congresses, these influencers and institutional accounts are no longer the main driver of the use of twitter in the congresses. Given the global trend and the Spanish Association of Surgeons, it is expected that tools such as Twitter play an increasingly important role in the management and transmission of knowledge, as well as in the creation of collaborative networks between professionals.
INTRODUCTION: The use of web 2.0 tools and especially Twitter is in full expansion. Twitter has jumped from the personal field to the professional with great success, joining as a means of regular dissemination in scientific congresses. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The use of Twitter from 2013 to 2016 was monitored at the congresses of the Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC). To do this, the hashtags (# rnc13, # cnc14, # rnc15, # cncirugia16) were analyzed through various websites for analysis of hashtags. RESULTS: The use of Twitter among the members of the Spanish Association of Surgeons has increased clearly, surpassing other American societies. It has increased in number of tweets, in number of tweeters and in the ratio of the same with respect to those attending congresses. While at the beginning the majority of tweets (65%) were the responsibility of a group of influencers, in recent years, due to the increase in tweets, the maximum influencers are only responsible for 35% of tweets. The number of institutional accounts in the top 10 has also been reduced. CONCLUSION: n the AEC the use of twitter has grown clearly and almost exponentially in recent years. Although initially the tweeted community was small and a few were responsible for a majority of tweets, the progressive growth and penetration of twitter has made that in recent congresses, these influencers and institutional accounts are no longer the main driver of the use of twitter in the congresses. Given the global trend and the Spanish Association of Surgeons, it is expected that tools such as Twitter play an increasingly important role in the management and transmission of knowledge, as well as in the creation of collaborative networks between professionals.
Authors: Sergi Sanchez-Cordero; Salvador Morales-Conde; Raquel Sánchez Santos; Inés Rubio Perez; Roser Farré Font; Jose Luis Ramos Rodriguez; José M Balibrea Del Castillo; Julio Mayol Journal: Cir Esp (Engl Ed) Date: 2021-05-05
Authors: Sergi Sanchez-Cordero; Salvador Morales-Conde; Raquel Sánchez Santos; Inés Rubio Perez; Roser Farré Font; Jose Luis Ramos Rodriguez; José M Balibrea Del Castillo; Julio Mayol Journal: Cir Esp (Engl Ed) Date: 2022-06-15