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. 2018 Apr;11(2):156-161.
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfy003. Epub 2018 Feb 1.

Exploring the uncharted territory of social media: the next frontier of medical education in nephrology

Tejas Desai  1 , Sivakumar Sridharan  2 , Xavier Parada  3 , Rolando Claure-Del Granado  4 , Carlos Orantes  5 , Hector Madariaga  6 , Krishnam Raju Penmatsa  7 , Gopal Basu  8 , Fernanda Arce Amare  9
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Exploring the uncharted territory of social media: the next frontier of medical education in nephrology

Tejas Desai et al. Clin Kidney J. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Social media is gaining popularity amongst both medical educators and life-long learners. One of the most popular social media platforms used by the medical community is Twitter, which is popular amongst physicians, students and patients, and particularly in medical societies. Major international and regional societies commonly use Twitter to amplify their reach beyond what their live annual meetings can achieve. There has been a unique and notable effort by Nephrology societies to craft a structured social media strategy that results in the broadest reach to the community of nephrology providers. We report on the first three such experiments performed by three separate nephrology organizations.

Keywords: education; novel; social media; technology; thanks.

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Tweet activity. Red line indicates end of the campaign.
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Tweet diversity.
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Tweet vibrancy.
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Upcoming nephrology campaigns in 2018.
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