Using Social Media to Create a Professional Network Between Physician-Trainees and the American Society of Nephrology

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-363

  Shariff, Afreen I ^a,b   Fang, Xiangming ^a,b   Desai, Tejas ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare social media; Medical informatics; Network analysis; Social media

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879716959     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2013.03.005     Document Type: Review

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