To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That Is the Question

Avital Y O'Glasser; Rebecca C Jaffe; Michelle Brooks

doi:10.1016/j.semnephrol.2020.04.003

To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That Is the Question

Semin Nephrol. 2020 May;40(3):249-263. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2020.04.003.

Authors

Avital Y O'Glasser¹, Rebecca C Jaffe², Michelle Brooks³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR. Electronic address: oglassea@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

PMID: 32560773
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2020.04.003

Abstract

In the past 20 years, a variety of social media platforms have significantly changed how we interact, communicate, learn, and engage. Social media use by physicians and physicians in training has expanded dramatically and evolved in recent years. Here, we focus on the use of Twitter by medical professionals (#medtwitter) and analyze Twitter's role as a new tool for learning, teaching, networking, professional development, mentorship/sponsorship, and advocacy within medicine. We discuss principles of adult learning theory to support the effectiveness of the use of Twitter as an educational tool, and share best practice pearls as well.

Keywords: #hcsm; #medtwitter; Twitter; advocacy; health care social media; medical education; social media.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Conflict of Interest
Consumer Advocacy
Data Display
Education, Medical*
Humans
Information Dissemination*
Journal Impact Factor
Mentors
Nephrology*
Peer Review, Research
Physicians*
Scholarly Communication*
Social Media*