• Curr. Opin. Obstet. Gynecol. · Dec 2014

    Review Historical Article

    Back to the future: a history of ACOG in social media's golden age.

    • Nathaniel DeNicola, Meadow Good, and Luke Newton.
    • aDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida cDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
    • Curr. Opin. Obstet. Gynecol. 2014 Dec 1; 26 (6): 495-502.

    Purpose Of ReviewTo chronicle a medical professional society's adoption of innovation and to describe themes pertinent to the adoption.Recent FindingsIn September 2013, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published a Committee Opinion on Toxic Environmental Agents that included an infographic and social media awareness campaign. To date, it claims one of the highest total audience reaches for an ACOG Facebook post reaching nearly 18 000 viewers. Despite this powerful promise, ACOG's timely and successful social media campaign did not always appear an obvious strategy. Although social media took hold of popular culture in the early 2000s, social media's professional etiquette remained uncharted and rife, with cautionary tales through the latter half of the decade.SummaryThrough a thoughtful and dedicated process, the ACOG Fellow and Junior Fellow leadership partnered to navigate the appropriate balance of innovation and prudence that propelled ACOG into social media's golden age, and paved the pathway for more progressive institutional changes.

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