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A Gamified Social Media–Based Head and Neck Radiology Education Initiative of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology: Viewership and Engagement Trends at 3 Years

N.A. Koontz, C.M. Tomblinson, D.R. Shatzkes, C.M. Glastonbury, C.D. Phillips, K. Dean, S. Strauss, M. Agarwal, C.D. Robson and R.H. Wiggins
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7711
N.A. Koontz
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (N.A.K.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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C.M. Tomblinson
bDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (C.M.T.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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D.R. Shatzkes
cDepartment of Radiology (D.R.S.), Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York
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C.M. Glastonbury
dDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (C.M.G.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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C.D. Phillips
eDepartment of Radiology (C.D.P., K.D., S.S.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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K. Dean
eDepartment of Radiology (C.D.P., K.D., S.S.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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S. Strauss
eDepartment of Radiology (C.D.P., K.D., S.S.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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M. Agarwal
fDepartment of Radiology (M.A.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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C.D. Robson
gDepartment of Radiology and Harvard Medical School (C.D.R.), Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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R.H. Wiggins
hDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (R.H.W.), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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N.A. Koontz, C.M. Tomblinson, D.R. Shatzkes, C.M. Glastonbury, C.D. Phillips, K. Dean, S. Strauss, M. Agarwal, C.D. Robson, R.H. Wiggins
A Gamified Social Media–Based Head and Neck Radiology Education Initiative of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology: Viewership and Engagement Trends at 3 Years
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