Documenting Social Media Engagement as Scholarship: A New Model for Assessing Academic Accomplishment for the Health Professions

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 22; no. 12; p. e25070
• Main Authors: Acquaviva, Kimberly D, Mugele, Josh, Abadilla, Natasha, Adamson, Tyler, Bernstein, Samantha L, Bhayani, Rakhee K, Büchi, Annina Elisabeth, Burbage, Darcy, Carroll, Christopher L, Davis, Samantha P, Dhawan, Natasha, Eaton, Alice, English, Kim, Grier, Jennifer T, Gurney, Mary K, Hahn, Emily S, Haq, Heather, Huang, Brendan, Jain, Shikha, Jun, Jin, Kerr, Wesley T, Keyes, Timothy, Kirby, Amelia R, Leary, Marion, Marr, Mollie, Major, Ajay, Meisel, Jason V, Petersen, Erika A, Raguan, Barak, Rhodes, Allison, Rupert, Deborah D, Sam-Agudu, Nadia A, Saul, Naledi, Shah, Jarna R, Sheldon, Lisa Kennedy, Sinclair, Christian T, Spencer, Kerry, Strand, Natalie H, Streed, Jr, Carl G, Trudell, Avery M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 02.12.2020; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Advocacy; Authorship; Bibliometrics; Collaboration; College professors; Committees; Crowdsourcing; Curricula; Dissemination; Education portfolios; Fellowships and Scholarships - standards; Health Occupations - education; Health promotion; Humans; Innovations; Medical journals; Medical personnel; Original Paper; Productivity; Professions; Public speaking; Social media; Social Media - standards; Social networks; Teaching; Tenure; United States > US; innovation; education; medicine; research; contribution; crowdsource; dissemination; scholarship; social media; tenure; accomplishment; health professions; promotion

The traditional model of promotion and tenure in the health professions relies heavily on formal scholarship through teaching, research, and service. Institutions consider how much weight to give activities in each of these areas and determine a threshold for advancement. With the emergence of socia...