TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Media
T2 - Flattening Hierarchies for Women and Black, Indigenous, People Of Color (BIPOC) to Enter the Room Where It Happens
AU - Titanji, Boghuma K.
AU - Abdul-Mutakabbir, Jacinda C.
AU - Christophers, Briana
AU - Flores, Laura
AU - Marcelin, Jasmine R.
AU - Swartz, Talia H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/5/15
Y1 - 2022/5/15
N2 - Social media platforms are widely used to connect people across multiple settings, including country of origin, profession, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, seniority, and training. Groups that have been marginalized or historically excluded from decision-making encounters may lack formal mentors/sponsors because of a lack of representation of women and Black, Indigenous, People Of Color (BIPOC) in senior leadership positions. This can serve as a barrier to professional advancement at all stages of career development. Identifying and connecting with these potential mentors/sponsors outside of one's institutional space can be challenging. For this reason, leveraging social media to develop these professional relationships through flattened hierarchies can allow for professional networking beyond traditional mechanisms. Here we aim to describe how individuals can connect through social media to advance their careers and scientific and clinical expertise, advocate for communities, and provide high-quality communication to the public.
AB - Social media platforms are widely used to connect people across multiple settings, including country of origin, profession, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, seniority, and training. Groups that have been marginalized or historically excluded from decision-making encounters may lack formal mentors/sponsors because of a lack of representation of women and Black, Indigenous, People Of Color (BIPOC) in senior leadership positions. This can serve as a barrier to professional advancement at all stages of career development. Identifying and connecting with these potential mentors/sponsors outside of one's institutional space can be challenging. For this reason, leveraging social media to develop these professional relationships through flattened hierarchies can allow for professional networking beyond traditional mechanisms. Here we aim to describe how individuals can connect through social media to advance their careers and scientific and clinical expertise, advocate for communities, and provide high-quality communication to the public.
KW - Black, Indigenous, People Of Color (BIPOC)
KW - flattened hierarchies
KW - social media
KW - women in healthcare
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130013715&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/cid/ciac047
DO - 10.1093/cid/ciac047
M3 - Article
C2 - 35568478
AN - SCOPUS:85130013715
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 74
SP - S222-S228
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
ER -