Social Media as a Tool for Patient Education in Neurosurgery: An Overview.
Health literacy
Patient education
Patient education materials
Readability
Social media
Journal
World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2022
05 2022
Historique:
received:
23
12
2021
revised:
12
02
2022
accepted:
14
02
2022
pubmed:
25
2
2022
medline:
6
5
2022
entrez:
24
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Social media is becoming increasingly prominent in neurosurgery. However, the specifics of using social media as a tool for patient education have not yet been synthesized. In this narrative review, we provide an overview of opportunities, challenges, and best practices in the use of social media for patient education in neurosurgery. Our findings may guide neurosurgeons, departments, and institutions in developing effective patient education practices using social media. We conducted a narrative review and provide our perspective on the use of social media for patient education. Social media is useful for patient education in neurosurgery due to its ability to increase knowledge, streamline patient-neurosurgeon communication in clinic, and empower patients and caregivers. However, challenges of usability, content accuracy, professionalism, privacy and confidentiality, and time must be addressed in order for social media to be used optimally. Social media may be incorporated into patient education as part of general or targeted multimodal educational interventions or as a medium to deliver electronic content. Best practices include creating content written at an appropriate reading level, including visual aids, having comprehensive and unbiased videos, incorporating interactive opportunities, and tailoring content based on purpose and target population. Social media can be a transformative force for patient education in neurosurgery.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Social media is becoming increasingly prominent in neurosurgery. However, the specifics of using social media as a tool for patient education have not yet been synthesized. In this narrative review, we provide an overview of opportunities, challenges, and best practices in the use of social media for patient education in neurosurgery. Our findings may guide neurosurgeons, departments, and institutions in developing effective patient education practices using social media.
METHODS
We conducted a narrative review and provide our perspective on the use of social media for patient education.
RESULTS
Social media is useful for patient education in neurosurgery due to its ability to increase knowledge, streamline patient-neurosurgeon communication in clinic, and empower patients and caregivers. However, challenges of usability, content accuracy, professionalism, privacy and confidentiality, and time must be addressed in order for social media to be used optimally. Social media may be incorporated into patient education as part of general or targeted multimodal educational interventions or as a medium to deliver electronic content. Best practices include creating content written at an appropriate reading level, including visual aids, having comprehensive and unbiased videos, incorporating interactive opportunities, and tailoring content based on purpose and target population.
CONCLUSIONS
Social media can be a transformative force for patient education in neurosurgery.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35202876
pii: S1878-8750(22)00201-7
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.054
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
127-134Informations de copyright
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