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Title:

Orthopaedic Surgery Subspecialty Podcast Effectively Disseminates Peer-reviewed Articles Relative to Traditional Online Publishing

Author:

Paulson, Ambika E. MS; Clement, Rutledge Carter MD; Holt, Joshua B. MD; Sanders, Julia S. MD; Louer, Craig R. Jr MD

Journal:

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Date:

March 2024

Reference:

44(3): p e292-e297, DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002606

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# of Patients:

Podcast episodes: 80.
Featured peer-reviewed articles: 333 (303 included in the final analysis)

Study Type:

Observational and comparative study

Location:

Based on data from the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA).

Summary:

This study investigates the effectiveness of the Peds Ortho Podcast, the official podcast of POSNA, in disseminating information compared to traditional article metrics for peer-reviewed literature.

Methods:

Reviewed 80 podcast episodes to catalog abstracts and articles discussed. Established a unified metric, "access," defined as "intent to consume the media." For articles: The largest value from abstract views, full-text views, or article downloads. For podcasts: Defined as a play >0 seconds. Compared the number of accesses between podcast episodes and the summarized journal articles using statistical analyses (independent samples t-test, ANOVA).

Exclusions:

Articles without available access metrics were excluded (30 out of 333 articles).

Results:

The mean electronic accesses for podcast episodes significantly exceeded those for articles (1236 vs. 482, P<0.001). Podcast consumption varied in the first 30 days, but recent episodes showed substantial engagement shortly after release.

Conclusions:

Podcasts are an effective complementary tool to traditional online publishing for disseminating research findings. They can raise awareness and highlight key points of emerging research quickly and widely.

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