Twitter as Educational Tool: A Global Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study on Social Media Behavior of Nephrologists

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Kasih Ibu Hospital, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
⁴ Department of Nephrology, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, New Giza University School of Medicine, Giza, Egypt.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.
⁷ Nephrology Unit, Kinshasa University Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁸ National Health Institute and National Renal Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, San Salvador, El Salvador.
⁹ Department of Pathology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Amrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

Sourabh Sharma et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 19;8(11):2469-2473.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.08.009. eCollection 2023 Nov.

¹ Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Kasih Ibu Hospital, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
⁴ Department of Nephrology, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, New Giza University School of Medicine, Giza, Egypt.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.
⁷ Nephrology Unit, Kinshasa University Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁸ National Health Institute and National Renal Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, San Salvador, El Salvador.
⁹ Department of Pathology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Amrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: educational tools; nephrologist; nephrology; webinar.

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