Editorial Racing ahead in a Canadian survey believe that ‘social media integration into medical practice is impossible’ and attitudes towards the professional role of social media were ‘generally negative’. Nevertheless, the power of social media in enhancing our personal and professional communication is undeniable and we at the BJUI expect more and more urologists to embrace social media in the coming years. We will continue to evolve our social media strategy to ensure the BJUI is a highly ‘social’ experience.
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On another note, the BJUI is pleased to support an excellent conference taking place in Dublin in April in the memory of our previous Editor-in-Chief, Professor John Fitzpatrick, who passed away suddenly last year. The Inaugural John Fitzpatrick Irish Prostate Cancer Conference takes place from 23–24th April 2015 and has attracted an outstanding International Faculty of colleagues and friends who look forward to exploring the most challenging areas in prostate cancer in his memory. Details here http://www.globalteamwork.ie/ prostate.html.
ince the new Editorial team assumed the reins here at the BJUI in January 2013, we have worked hard to embrace social media as the transformative communication technology it clearly is. While our priority is to only publish papers of the highest quality, we have also ensured that the reach and engagement of these papers are maximised using our social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Blogs@BJUI.
Conflict of interest
In this month’s BJUI, there are two intriguing papers that deal with this area but that deliver contrasting messages. The first from Nason et al. [1] analyses the Twitter activity of all urology journals over a recent 6-month period. It is clear that the major journals have adopted Twitter as a preferred social media platform and it is gratifying to see how well the BJUI performs when assessed using the metrics in this paper. However, Fuoco and Leveridge [2] report that most urologists
References
© 2015 The Author BJU International © 2015 BJU International | doi:10.1111/bju.13060 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. www.bjui.org
None declared. Declan G. Murphy BJUI Associate Editor – Social Media Department of Urology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Nason GJ, O’Kelly F, Kelly ME et al. The emerging use of Twitter by urological journals. BJU Int 2015; 115: 492–6 Fuoco M, Leveridge MJ. Early adopters or laggards? Attitudes toward and use of social media among urologists. BJU Int 2015; 115: 497–503
BJU Int 2015; 115: 347 wileyonlinelibrary.com
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On another note, the BJUI is pleased to support an excellent conference taking place in Dublin in April in the memory of our previous Editor-in-Chief, Professor John Fitzpatrick, who passed away suddenly last year. The Inaugural John Fitzpatrick Irish Prostate Cancer Conference takes place from 23–24th April 2015 and has attracted an outstanding International Faculty of colleagues and friends who look forward to exploring the most challenging areas in prostate cancer in his memory. Details here http://www.globalteamwork.ie/ prostate.html.
ince the new Editorial team assumed the reins here at the BJUI in January 2013, we have worked hard to embrace social media as the transformative communication technology it clearly is. While our priority is to only publish papers of the highest quality, we have also ensured that the reach and engagement of these papers are maximised using our social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Blogs@BJUI.
Conflict of interest
In this month’s BJUI, there are two intriguing papers that deal with this area but that deliver contrasting messages. The first from Nason et al. [1] analyses the Twitter activity of all urology journals over a recent 6-month period. It is clear that the major journals have adopted Twitter as a preferred social media platform and it is gratifying to see how well the BJUI performs when assessed using the metrics in this paper. However, Fuoco and Leveridge [2] report that most urologists
References
© 2015 The Author BJU International © 2015 BJU International | doi:10.1111/bju.13060 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. www.bjui.org
None declared. Declan G. Murphy BJUI Associate Editor – Social Media Department of Urology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1 2
Nason GJ, O’Kelly F, Kelly ME et al. The emerging use of Twitter by urological journals. BJU Int 2015; 115: 492–6 Fuoco M, Leveridge MJ. Early adopters or laggards? Attitudes toward and use of social media among urologists. BJU Int 2015; 115: 497–503
BJU Int 2015; 115: 347 wileyonlinelibrary.com
