Twitter expands the reach and engagement of a national scientific meeting: the Irish Society of Urology

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 685-689

  Nason, G J ^a   O'Kelly F ^b   Bouchier Hayes, D ^c   Quinlan, D M ^d   Manecksha, R P ^e,f  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Galway Clinic   (Ireland)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analytics; Conference; Social media; Surgery; Symplur; Twitter; Urology

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL MEDIA; UROLOGIST; UROLOGY; BLOGGING; DEVICES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL MEDIA; UROLOGY;

EID: 84940437885     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-015-1277-6     Document Type: Article

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