As a young physician in the late 1990s, I found myself in a very small town with just two partners covering a small community hospital, far from the sense of community I had enjoyed as a resident in a large academic center. The internet was just getting started at the time, and I recall wishing I could reach out via this new resource to experts within the many subspecialties of anesthesiology for insights and input on certain complex cases. Surely, I thought, this new “world wide web” could facilitate the timely sharing of information to help improve the care and safety of our patients... couldn't it?
Fast forward to today and the comparatively many opportunities for anesthesiologists to connect online. On the downside, and in contrast to in-person professional gatherings, social media platforms such as Reddit and Twitter can be a bit of Wild West in terms of information sharing....
