BJS Academy SoMe review for August 2023
14 September 2023
Measuring the impact of social media engagement is a nuanced task, with an array of metrics in play. Among these metrics, impressions stand out as a valuable surrogate indicator. Impressions quantify the total number of times a post appears on a user’s screen, offering insights into content’s potential reach and visibility.
Spotlight on the Top Twenty Posts
To illuminate the most influential posts from @BJSurgery, @BJSOpen, and @BJSAcademy, we’ve meticulously curated the top twenty posts from their August activity. Our selection criteria zero in on posts that achieved the highest number of impressions* on August 8th, as meticulously monitored and documented by X analytics for each individual post.
Without further ado, let’s embark on the BJS Top Twenty countdown:
Number 20 – 9019 impressions
On Aug 10, @BJSurgery “Leading article” on oesophageal anastomotic leaks:
Number 19 – 9228 impressions
A @BJSSurgery post sharing a “Gloves off” debate on oesophagectomy on Aug 16:
Number 18 – 9497 impressions
@BJSAcademy announced the “How to write a paper” course and that the “How to review a paper” is coming soon on Aug 19:
Number 17 – 9516 impressions
On Aug 16, @YoungBJS article posted by @BJSurgery about splenic injury from blunt trauma:
Number 16 – 9635 impressions
Six days later, Aug 22, @BJSAcademy shared a podcast and article on how to write a plain English abstract:
Number 15 – 9777 impressions
Early in the month, Aug 4, @BJSurgery posted a paper on timing for rectal surgery after short-course radiotherapy:
Number 14 – 10.2K impressions
A paper reporting the results of a network meta-analysis of RCTs comparing bariatric surgery and glucose-lowering agents for type 2 diabetes and obesity, shared by @BJSOpen on Aug 14:
Number 13 – 10.6K impressions
On Aug 28, @BJSOpen posted the most recent systematic review on quality of life after severe acute pancreatitis:
Number 12 – 11.1K impressions
A retrospective analysis of the surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma posted by @BJSOpen for days earlier that Number 13:
Number 11 – 11.2K impressions
@BJSurgery congratulated Aneel Banghu on X on Aug 29 for his Guinness World Record certificate for the article with the most authors, 1525:
Number 10 – 12.3K impressions
@BJSurgery presented “The instrumentalist” post on scissors on Aug 11:
Number 9 – 12.5K impressions
On Aug 15, @BJSOpen shared a paper reporting a comprehensive assessment of the management of acute cholecystitis in Scotland:
Number 8 – 12.9K impressions
@BJSurgery posted an editorial on AI and scientific writing on Aug 9, which was authored by @DesWinter and @AbeLaparoscopy:
Number 7 – 13.2K impressions
On Aug 13, @BJSOpen conducted a poll about bariatric surgery, drugs, and HbA1c reduction. You invite you to check the results:
Number 6 – 14.3K impressions
@BJSOpen shared an #openaccess paper on the implementation of a quadruple intraoperative anastomotic assessment (4-Check) during transanal TME for rectal cancer on Aug 8:
Number 5 – 14.3K impressions
On Aug 11, @BJSurgery posted a “short report” on the oncological outcomes of pancreatectomy with arterial resection:
Number 4 – 14.3K impressions
@BJSOpen posted an #openaccess paper on the outcome of oncologic patients who received perioperative allogeneic blood transfusions on Aug 21, citing the Number 2 post:
Number 3 – 15.4K impressions
On Aug 27, a popular @BJSOpen poll was posted. It was about factors that decrease the quality of life of patients with severe acute pancreatitis:
Number 2 – 17.5K impressions
Another @BJSOpen poll posted on Aug 20 and related to the influence of perioperative allogeneic blood transfusions on long-term outcomes following surgery for gastric and colorectal cancer:
Finally, the Number 1 BJS Top Twenty post on X with 25K impressions is from @BJSOpen on Aug 19: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of RCTs that determined the optimal preoperative bowel preparation strategy in elective colorectal surgery:
*In cases where two posts shared an identical number of impressions, we prioritized the more recent post as having a higher impression count.
Academy
Part of the charitable activity of the Foundation, BJS Academy is an online educational resource for current and future surgeons.
The Academy is comprised of five distinct sections: Continuing surgical education, Young BJS, Cutting edge, Scientific surgery and Surgical news. Although the majority of this is open access, additional content is available to BJS subscribers and strategic partners.
