The Use and Impact of Twitter at Medical Conferences: Best Practices and Twitter Etiquette

The use of social media, and in particular, Twitter, for professional use among healthcare providers is rapidly increasing across the world. One medical subspecialty that is leading the integration of this new platform for communication into daily practice and for information dissemination to the general public is the field of hematology/oncology. A growing amount of research in this area demonstrates that there is increasing interest among physicians to not only learn how to use social media for consumption of educational material, but also to learn how to generate and contribute original content in one ’s interest/expert areas.
Source: Seminars in Hematology - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Impact of Social Media for the Hematologist/Oncologist Source Type: research