Insights in Neurosurgery

An ascent in web based media usage by U.S. nervous system science residency programs in the period of COVID 19

The quantity of clinical understudies seeking after nervous system science has been steadily low , which is tricky given our maturing populace and the normal expansion in the pervasiveness of neurological conditions, for example, dementia and vascular illness. The lack of nervous system specialists is, sadly, anticipated to increment with time. It is, in this way, basic to investigate creative approaches to invigorate revenue in nervous system science among clinical understudies. Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts were recognized (or noted as nonexistent) for 159 certify nervous system science offices and residency programs. Google searches and online media website explicit quests were performed. For existing pages, the date of creation was resolved and all posts on and after March first, 2020, were surveyed to examine the presence of virtual open house promotions. Each program was additionally surveyed for virtual sub-entry level position and elective freedoms on the Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS).

Author(s):

Rahul R.Gaini

University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

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