Instagram is a rapidly growing platform with more than 1 billion monthly active users.
It is increasingly becoming recognized as a tool for education in visually rich fields
of medicine, being particularly suited to radiology. The purpose of this manuscript
is to describe the key strategies employed by an online radiologist educator to optimally
utilize and grow a radiology Instagram account. The authors hope that these insights
serve as a reproducible template for radiologists seeking to explore this online platform.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: March 06, 2021
Accepted:
February 5,
2021
Received in revised form:
February 4,
2021
Received:
November 12,
2020
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