Written by Dana Corriel, MD

The last decade has brought about astounding growth in the number of entrepreneurial physician leaders who have incredible ideas, many of whom have actually put foot to pedal and opened up online spaces and communities for physicians to engage in and collaborate with one another.

In a world where physicians are increasingly isolated from one another, these groups have become invaluable sources for “finding our people.”

Physicians who individually innovate in today’s world, however, face a major pain point: they work hard to build and nurture their groups, but they sometimes struggle getting visibility for them. So growth can be painstakingly slow.

Conversely, physicians who are looking for groups to join (particularly social media “newbies” who are just dipping their toes into a digital world) are becoming easily duped and disappointed when they realize that some of the groups they have joined and invested time in are nothing more than self-serving businesses for their physician founder.

The unsuspecting and trusting physician who is looking for camaraderie, support, advice, and a sense of community can easily fall victim to leadership and an organization that are not measurably different from the bureaucratic employed hospital models that many in medicine are fleeing. There’s nothing wrong with these groups and leaders, other than the fact that they are not being transparent.

WE’RE CHANGING THAT.

At SoMeDocs, we believe in getting Facebook groups (as well as other social media platforms) the visibility they deserve. We have formed an interactive space– a physician “United Nations” of sorts– that functions on one simple premise: experts want to collaboratively grow. We bring together like-minded individuals who are interested in collaborating with other hard-working administrators and physician-members.

We have created a unique and inclusive online space at http://www.DoctorsOnSocialMedia that is called “Physician Interactive Spaces,” where doctors can click in and see from a “30,000-foot view,” who’s running what physician group, and how that group is run/what the purpose is/what the rules are.

We are categorizing these interactive spaces so that you and I, and all of our colleagues can finally be made aware of all the many groups that are out there. There is strength in numbers, and in order to effect change, and to break up some of the “same” we are seeing, and giving fuel to the “little guy” who is just starting out.

If you are a physician “doer” and the administrator of a Facebook group (or other social media community), please join our collaborative at SoMeDocs. If you are a physician member of a group that we don’t know about, please encourage the founders and/or administrators to contact us.

doctorsonsocialmedia.com/submission-communities

If you are a physician and haven’t claimed YOUR free profile, do so today!
doctorsonsocialmedia.com/claim-my-profile.

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