Partha Kar: In praise of social media for doctors (BMJ, 6 December 2022)

Summary

Social media can be a fascinating part of the medical world—an intriguing cocktail of joyousness and apathy, good and dark intentions, facts and counter facts. To some, this is something to be dismissed easily. Yet, over time and with easier access to the internet, social media platforms have also become places of dynamism and activism, where things can happen a lot more quickly than in traditional systems, writes Partha Kar, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology, in this BMJ opinion piece.