Public social media consultations for dermatologic conditions: an online survey

Authors

Elizabeth Schoenberg, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Doaa Shalabi, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jordan Wang, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Nazanin Saedi, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Matthew Keller, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-15-2020

Comments

This article is the author’s final published version in Dermatology Online Journal, Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2020, Article number 6.

The published version is available at https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5ht4k2rh. Copyright © Schoenberg et al.

Abstract

The use of social media in medicine has been increasingly studied in recent years, especially concerning its role in patient outreach, education, diagnosis, and management. Dermatology is a unique field in that patients can post photographs of their skin ailments when seeking online medical advice and information. This study examines the role of public social media consultations for dermatologic conditions. A large portion of patients utilize social media for dermatologic consultations and many do not seek care from a dermatologist afterward. Future studies should trend this phenomenon, especially as the use of social media continues to expand.

Recommended Citation

Schoenberg, Elizabeth; Shalabi, Doaa; Wang, Jordan; Saedi, Nazanin; and Keller, Matthew, "Public social media consultations for dermatologic conditions: an online survey" (2020). Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers. Paper 134.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/dcbfp/134

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

PubMed ID

32609443

Language

English