Social Media as a Tool to Advance Women in Cardiology: Paving the Way for Gender Equality and Diversity
| Autor: | Purvi Parwani, Andrew D. Choi, Nooshin Beygui, Srihari S. Naidu, Erin D. Michos, Julia Grapsa, Disha Bahl, Poonam Velagapudi, Christina Mansour |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Gender equality media_common.quotation_subject Field (Bourdieu) Review Representation (politics) RC666-701 Internal medicine Cardiology medicine Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system Social media Sociology Salary Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Dissemination Virtual community Diversity (politics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | CJC Open CJC Open, Vol 3, Iss 12, Pp S130-S136 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2589-790X |
| Popis: | Although the number of women in the field of medicine continues to rise, the discrimination against women and the gender inequity in both leadership roles and salary remains persistent. The gender divide is particularly prominent in male-dominated specialties, such as cardiology. Social media help foster global connections and disseminate information quickly and worldwide. The rise of social media has influenced how female physicians communicate and has shown its benefits particularly within the field of cardiology. Virtual platforms are important avenues where female physicians have united for greater representation of gender issues and advocacy efforts. Social media further amplify gender-equality activism by facilitating the conversations surrounding gender equity and proposing solutions to self-identified issues by the virtual community of female physicians and their allies. In this review, we discuss the role of social media as tools for advancing women in the field of cardiology and fostering gender equality and diversity. Graphical abstract |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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