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. 2020 Oct;12(5):535-538.
doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-20-00549.1.

Harnessing the Power of Medical Twitter for Mentorship

Morgan N McLuckey, Jessica A Gold, Avital Y O'Glasser, Susan Hingle, Abby Spencer, Laurel B Fick

Harnessing the Power of Medical Twitter for Mentorship

Morgan N McLuckey et al. J Grad Med Educ. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Utilization of Twitter to Connect Mentees With Mentorsa,b a @gradydoctor. “#becauseofmedtwitter.” Twitter. October 9, 2019. https://twitter.com/gradydoctor/status/1182101208938565632. (Permission for use granted June 29, 2020.) b @ChrisDJacksonMD. “I'm speechless.” Twitter. June 26, 2020. https://twitter.com/ChrisDJacksonMD/status/1276583035169910789. (Permission for use granted June 29, 2020.)
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Figure 2
Examples of Sponsorship Using Twittera,b a @sue_bornstein. “#IMProud.” Twitter. June 10, 2020. https://twitter.com/sue_bornstein/status/1270875514044112899. (Permission for use granted July 2, 2020.) b @WhiteCoatDiary. “This #followfriday, introduce me to more #medtwitter of color.” Twitter. June 5, 2020. https://twitter.com/WhiteCoatDiary/status/1268982134108192768. (Permission for use granted July 2, 2020.)
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