The Global Trainee Hosts the Virtual Multi-header – Embracing Technology in Pathology Education

Punjabi, Lavisha S

doi:10.1080/21614083.2021.1989173

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“…5 Technology-assisted learning and engagement continue to grow in pathology, and its multiple uses, including through various social media platforms, should continue to be explored. 47,48 Nevertheless, Med-Mastodon and #PathMastodon, have the potential to carry forward the historically high standards of positive engagement within the virtual pathology community set forth by PathTwitter and other previous platforms. Standing on the shoulders of giants, they say.…”

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“…PathTwitter has brought positivity, warmth, and camaraderie to the pathology community in recent years and has become a safe place for its thousands of users within the greater Twitter realm, especially with regard to helping interested medical students join and engage with the pathology community 5 . Technology-assisted learning and engagement continue to grow in pathology, and its multiple uses, including through various social media platforms, should continue to be explored 47,48 . Nevertheless, Med-Mastodon and #PathMastodon, have the potential to carry forward the historically high standards of positive engagement within the virtual pathology community set forth by PathTwitter and other previous platforms.…”

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#PathMastodon: An Up-In-Coming Platform for Pathology Education Among Pathologists, Trainees, and Medical Students

Schukow,

Punjabi,

Gardner

2023

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

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Social media use in pathology has continued to grow and become more mainstream among pathologists, trainees, and medical students over the past decade. Twitter has historically been (and still seems to be) a positive platform for the social media pathology community to engage with each other virtually (ie, PathTwitter). However, as a new era of Twitter leadership began to unfold in October 2022, a young platform called “Mastodon” began to gain notice within this community as the hashtag #PathMastodon became prevalent. Founded in 2016 by Eugen Rochko, Mastodon is a decentralized, open-sourced, ads-free platform intended to promote public knowledge in a safe and public manner. When compared with Twitter, however, Mastodon is globally much smaller, and its medical professional server called “Med-Mastodon” is more cumbersome with certain features (eg, tracking analytics and username changes). Nevertheless, this new platform, which looks and feels much like Twitter, has great potential to provide continued medical education and virtual excellence among the social media pathology community. Thus, the purpose of this review is to provide a relevant synopsis of how Mastodon, Med-Mastodon, and #PathMastodon may benefit pathologists, trainees, and medical students who use social media. A qualitative analysis of pertinent peer-reviewed and non–peer-reviewed materials relative to the topic will be performed. In addition, we will provide a comparison of Mastodon and Twitter, provide example figures of #PathMastodon and related posts, and elaborate on the importance this discussion brings to the social media pathology community.

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Section: Concluding Thoughts and Remarksmentioning

confidence: 99%

#PathMastodon: An Up-In-Coming Platform for Pathology Education Among Pathologists, Trainees, and Medical Students

Schukow,

Punjabi,

Gardner

2023

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

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“…Ultimately, it is up to each individual pathologist, trainee, or medical student to decide whether he or she wants to remain on #PathX given these changes. However, given the platform’s historically positive presence in the field, 9 a change of structure or architecture does not necessarily have to mean a change in impact or functionality. For those who may be interested in exploring other social media platforms, however, brief summaries of various platforms are offered in the following paragraphs.…”

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#PathX: #PathTwitter’s Transformation and a Discussion on Different Social Media Platforms Used by Pathologists in 2024

Schukow,

Punjabi,

Abdul-Karim

2023

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

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#PathTwitter is a well-known virtual community that has historically been positive for pathologists, trainees, and medical students worldwide to communicate, collaborate, and connect for free. However, in 2023, the popular social media platform Twitter (parent company: X Corp.) transitioned to “X” and, with this, #PathTwitter evolved into #PathX. Although the overall user experience of X and Twitter has not changed significantly, this transition brought much anecdotal hesitancy from the online virtual pathology community early on. Thus, the purpose of this review is to discuss the background of Twitter’s importance in pathology, the implications of this transition to the online pathology community, current views from this community regarding Twitter versus X, and to provide an overview of pertinent changes in the platform, as well as of different popular social media platforms that may be used by pathologists in 2024.

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The Global Trainee Hosts the Virtual Multi-header – Embracing Technology in Pathology Education

Cited by 2 publications

References 3 publications

#PathMastodon: An Up-In-Coming Platform for Pathology Education Among Pathologists, Trainees, and Medical Students

#PathMastodon: An Up-In-Coming Platform for Pathology Education Among Pathologists, Trainees, and Medical Students

#PathX: #PathTwitter’s Transformation and a Discussion on Different Social Media Platforms Used by Pathologists in 2024

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