Question explored with the scientific record
what Forums do doctors use to discuss problems
The short version: the evidence you retrieved does not answer your question. It contains no study of what forums doctors use to discuss clinical problems.
The studies you gave me cover oncology communication surveys [1], breastfeeding email habits [2], a Ukrainian digital-education proposal [3], anaphylaxis knowledge gaps [4], a liver-disease naming consensus [5], coffee and sleep in athletes [6], online hormone-treatment information [7], chemotherapy safety standards [8], public-health journal lists [9], preprint-to-journal publication rates [10, 11], peer-review guidelines [12, 13], a shark-fin genetics course [14], Korean home-based care [15], Medicare transplant factors [16], antibiotic cost controls [17], Bangladeshi lab preparedness [18], Chinese smoking-cessation advice [19], UK stroke audits [20], and a 1984 myeloma survival study [21]. Not one of them asks doctors what online forums they use to talk shop.
This is a practical question about how medicine actually works, not a question that needs a topical evidence dump. The answer is general knowledge. Doctors use specialty-specific forums: Sermo, Doximity, and specialty society message boards (like the American College of Physicians' online community, or the American Academy of Pediatrics' AAP Gateway). They use closed Facebook groups for their specialty. They use Reddit's r/medicine and r/Residency (anonymously). They use WhatsApp and Signal groups with colleagues from training or current practice. They use the physician-only sections of hospital intranets and Epic's user groups. The common thread is that these spaces are peer-only, often anonymous, and outside the formal record — which is exactly why you will not find a peer-reviewed study cataloging them. The system does not study what it does not want documented.
My call: the question is answerable from how medicine operates, but the retrieved evidence contains nothing on it. Confidence: high that the evidence does not address the question; moderate that the list above captures the main forums.
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Cross-Cultural Communication in Oncology: Challenges and Training Interests
A cross-sectional, web-based survey in French-speaking Switzerland assessed oncology clinicians' difficulties communicating with linguistically and culturally diverse migrant patients, identified key problem areas, and explored their interests in cultural-competency training, wi…
DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.E24-E33 -
Use of Electronic Communication by Physician Breastfeeding Experts for Support of the Breastfeeding Mother
Breastfeeding-expert physicians frequently receive unsolicited online inquiries about breastfeeding information and often respond without compensation, underscoring a need for more physician expertise and alternative online resources for breastfeeding support.
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2011.0133 -
Administration of modern digital technologies towards changes in postgraduate medical education in Ukraine
A conceptual proposal to reform Ukraine's postgraduate medical education by integrating digital technologies, notably an electronic diary and a 'curve of training' to objectify skill mastery and create an online intern portfolio.
DOI: 10.38014/ehs-ss.2019.1-i.05 -
Knowledge of the Ibero-American Physicians On Anaphylaxis: Results of the Ibero-American Online Survey for Physicians On the Management and Treatment of Anaphylaxis (IOSPTA) - Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (LASAAI)
This study investigates the differences in food allergy knowledge and attitudes among internists, medicine-pediatric, and family practice providers, revealing significant gaps in training and comfort levels in managing food allergies.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.12.1455 -
Novel Nomenclature of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) for Future Hepatology
A perspective advocating MASLD as the umbrella nomenclature for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, outlining its proposed diagnostic criteria and related terms (MetALD, cryptogenic SLD) based on a multi-society Delphi consensus.
DOI: 10.36502/2023/droa.6184 -
The interplay of coffee consumption, plant-based diets on sleep quality and emotional well-being in physically active adults
A cross-sectional survey of 392 physically active adults found that stress is a stronger predictor of poor sleep than coffee intake, while plant-based dietary patterns are associated with better health and lower stress; clustering revealed a healthful profile in participants who…
DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2587793 -
Evaluation of Patient-Oriented, Internet-Based Information on Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatments
This study systematically evaluated the quantity and quality of online information about gender-affirming hormone treatments using established internet health information quality tools, finding generally limited quantity and variable quality with no HON certification and inconsi…
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0116 -
American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards
Joint ASCO/ONS consensus guideline describing the development and publication of 31 safety standards for outpatient chemotherapy administration in adult cancer care, derived from a structured workshop, literature review, and a public-comment process.
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.1264 -
Peer-reviewed Public Health Journals
This report surveys current peer-reviewed journals in public health, discusses differences among journals, open-access publishing and indexing challenges, and highlights trends in top journals and publishing practices.
DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v4i3.4740 -
Evaluation of Publication of COVID-19–Related Articles Initially Presented as Preprints
Approximately half of COVID-19-related medRxiv preprints posted in 2020 were subsequently published in peer-reviewed journals by October 2022, with many appearing in top-quartile outlets.
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.45745 -
Comparison of Clinical Study Results Reported in medRxiv Preprints vs Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Many medRxiv preprints describing clinical studies that were later published in journals remained concordant with the final articles across sample size, primary endpoints, results, and interpretations, with most discordances reflecting minor numerical changes and not altering co…
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.45847 -
Peer review for medical journals: why and how?
This article provides a comprehensive overview of why peer review matters in medical journals and offers practical, ethical guidelines to perform high-quality, constructive reviews to improve scientific publishing.
DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250098 -
How to get published in a standard peer-reviewed medical journal: Some useful tips for novice authors
A practical guide offering step-by-step tips to improve manuscript preparation, submission processes, and publication success in standard peer-reviewed biomedical journals.
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.36.6.3135 -
Using the shark fin trade to teach molecular biology and understand the ongoing biodiversity crisis
A semester-long undergraduate, problem-based learning course uses the shark fin trade as a real-world conservation issue to teach DNA extraction, PCR, and DNA barcoding, culminating in student-authored papers that are published in peer-reviewed journals and used to inform biodiv…
DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00237-25 -
Home Healthcare Needs and Characteristics of Patients with Serious Illnesses Who Use Hospital-Affiliated Home-Based Medical Care in Korea
A retrospective cross-sectional study of 600 patients in a hospital-affiliated, physician-led home-based medical care (HBMC) program in Korea (STAH) describing patient characteristics, home healthcare needs, and factors tied to emergency department visits within 30 days of physi…
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2025.0087 -
To Treat or Not to Treat: Factors Associated with Receipt of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
The study linked CMS Medicare claims with physician and hospital data to identify patient, provider, and facility factors associated with receiving allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) within the first year after AML diagnosis in adults aged 65–74, finding tha…
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-204122 -
Antibiotic cost savings from formulary restrictions and physician monitoring in a medical-school-affiliated hospital
A retrospective study at Barnes Hospital/Washington University evaluated the impact of formulary restrictions plus physician monitoring on antibiotic costs and patient care, finding substantial monthly cost savings with no adverse effects on mortality or length of stay and impro…
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(87)90636-x -
The Role of Clinical Laboratories in Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Patient and Physician Perspective
Physicians and patients in a Bangladeshi tertiary hospital show high awareness of laboratory preparedness and trust in test results during pandemics, but ongoing reagent shortages, workforce gaps, and limited lab–clinical integration impede rapid pandemic response.
DOI: 10.70818/taj.v38i04.0518 -
Association between awareness of harmful effects of smoking and smoking cessation advice provided by hospital chest physicians in G uangzhou, C hina: A multi‐institutional cross‐sectional survey
This study investigates the relationship between chest physicians' awareness of the harmful effects of smoking and the smoking cessation advice they provide to patients in Guangzhou, China, revealing that higher awareness correlates with more proactive cessation efforts, particu…
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12091 -
Secondary prevention for stroke in the United Kingdom: results from the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke
A national retrospective audit of secondary stroke prevention across 235 UK hospitals (National Sentinel Audit of Stroke 2001-2002) showing substantial gaps in anti-thrombotic, lipid-lowering, and antihypertensive management and follow-up, highlighting missed opportunities to im…
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh107 -
Race, poverty, and survival in multiple myeloma
A retrospective, multi-center study of 144 myeloma patients comparing Harlem Hospital Center (all Black) with Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (Black and White patients) that finds race itself is not prognostic, but poverty-related neighborhood factors markedly worsen surviv…
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19841215)54:12<3085::aid-cncr2820541246>3.0.co;2-z