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Social networks (and more) are necessary for student and faculty resilience

Social networks are recognised increasingly for their effects on behaviours and resilience. If your friends are obese, you are more likely to be obese. If your network is strong, you are more likely to recover from adversity in the contexts of human immunodeficiency virus prevention, addiction recovery, hospital work and rural living. In addition, social networks have been found to be associated with successful faculty development programmes. In this issue, the paper entitled ‘Bridging the gap: the roles of social capital and ethnicity in medical student achievement’ provides evidence that social networks may play a key role in the provision of support for at-risk students. The same support from social networks, in addition to other interventions, is needed after graduation when clinicians, educators, health system reformers and other agents of change face adversity. Social networks are recognised increasingly for their effects on behaviours and resilience