Twitter as a tool for communication and knowledge exchange in academic medicine: A guide for skeptics and novices

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 411-416

  Choo, Esther K ^a   Ranney, Megan L ^a   Chan, Teresa M ^b   Trueger, N Seth ^c   Walsh, Amy E ^d   Tegtmeyer, Ken ^e   McNamara, Shannon O ^f   Choi, Ricky Y ^g   Carroll, Christopher L ^h  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Asian Health Services Community Health Center   (United States)

^h Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CROWDSOURCING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; SELF HELP; SOCIAL MEDIA;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROWDSOURCING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84929146185     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.993371     Document Type: Review

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