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Editorial
. 2023 Jun 5:25:e47800.
doi: 10.2196/47800.

Flattening Hierarchical Structures to Empower Women Trainee Leaders on Social Media Teams

Marah N Kays #  1 , Deborah D Rupert #  2 , Olivia Negris  3 , Beatrix Thompson  4 , Marla L Clayman  5 , Lisa Mordell  6 , Tricia Pendergrast  7 , Eve Bloomgarden  8 , Rakhee K Bhayani  9 , Shikha Jain  10
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Editorial

Flattening Hierarchical Structures to Empower Women Trainee Leaders on Social Media Teams

Marah N Kays et al. J Med Internet Res. .

Abstract

We share our experience empowering women trainees and leadership through a flattened hierarchical social media team structure with supporting evidence from measurable outcomes.

Keywords: empowerment; gender equity; health care; medical education; medical training; pyramidal hierarchy; residency; social media; women; women empowerment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: RKB and SJ are guest coeditors of the Women in Medicine and Science theme issue in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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