TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black, Cara K
AU  - Economides, James M
AU  - Fan, Kenneth L
TI  - The Public's Preferences on Plastic Surgery Social Media Engagement and Professionalism: Demystifying the Impact of Demographics
SN  - 0032-1052
PY  - 2019///
KW  - *Demography
KW  - *Patient Acceptance of Health Care/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - *Patient Preference/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - *Professionalism
KW  - *Social Media/es [Ethics]
KW  - *Surgeons/es [Ethics]
KW  - *Surgery, Plastic/es [Ethics]
KW  - Adolescent
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Cosmetic Techniques/es [Ethics]
KW  - Cosmetic Techniques/px [Psychology]
KW  - Crowdsourcing
KW  - Female
KW  - Health Care Surveys
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Patient Acceptance of Health Care/px [Psychology]
KW  - Patient Education as Topic/es [Ethics]
KW  - Patient Education as Topic/mt [Methods]
KW  - Patient Preference/px [Psychology]
KW  - Reconstructive Surgical Procedures/es [Ethics]
KW  - Reconstructive Surgical Procedures/px [Psychology]
KW  - Social Media/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Surgery, Plastic/px [Psychology]
KW  - Young Adult
KW  - MedStar Health Research Institute
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Surgery/Plastic Surgery
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - BACKGROUND: Social media discussions are alive among plastic surgeons. This article represents a primer on beginning to understand how the public would seek out plastic surgeons and how demographics shape their preferences; CONCLUSIONS: Clear differences in engagement and perception exist in the public based on age, sex, parental status, and reported country of origin. Social media will soon become a critical strategy in outreach and engagement and a valuable tool in clearing misconceptions within plastic surgery; METHODS: An anonymous 31-question survey was crowdsourced by means of MTurk; RESULTS: There were a total of 527 respondents. Of these respondents, 33 percent follow plastic surgeons on social media, with those aged younger than 35 years 3.9 times more likely to do so. Google was the first place people would look for a plastic surgeon (46 percent). When asked what was the most influential of all online methods for selecting a surgeon, practice website ranked first (25 percent), but social media platforms ranked higher as a whole (35 percent). Those considering surgical or noninvasive procedures are thee times more likely to select social media platforms as the most influential online method in selecting a surgeon and five times more likely to follow a plastic surgeon on social media. The majority would prefer not seeing the surgeon's private life displayed on social media (39 percent). Respondents were evenly split regarding whether graphic surgical images would lead them to unfollow accounts. Ninety-six percent of the general public were unclear of the type of board certification a plastic surgeon should hold
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000005205
ER  -