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"Reference Tweets with the quick, easy, and free Tweet citation generator that converts Tweets into, properly formatted MLA, APA and Wikipedia, citations."

"To tweet or not to tweet: Exploring the role of social media in public health: Part II"

"Prepare tweets in advance of your presentation. Present those tweets as slides using reveal.js As each slide is displayed it is also tweeted"

"Be careful tweeting new findings."

"Twitter for Advanced Beginners. Moving from occassionally tweeting to tweeting regularly. Targeted at professionals in medical education and clinical care. MDs, MD-PhDs, MPH and other healthcare ... "

"A curriculum consisting of high-yield ultrasound concepts was developed and posted to Twitter @EDUltrasound daily. Followers received tweets "pushed" directly to their mobile devices. Following the year-long program, followers were surveyed regarding the program's effectiveness. To determine the ways in which tweets were reaching users, followers were categorized demographically."

"Now it seems that there are at least three ways in which a member of an audience can participate in a medical lecture while not closely listening to to it. They are the following: (1) browsing and digesting the lecture PowerPoint file that I will assume has been made available on-line prior to the lecture; (2) submitting tweet comments or questions about the lecture that could be collected by a lecture monitor, as suggested above by Mike, and presented to the lecturer during discussion periods; and (3) browsing the web"

This week when I lead a faculty development workshop* I'll ask participants to consider their readiness to make use of social media. Are you feeling ready, but you wonder how to take the first (or next) steps? Do you want to find out what all the fuss is about? Are you skeptical about mixing social media with your career as a health care professional, medical educator, trainees, and/or student?

We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching.

We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching.

How to tweet and why healthcare professionals should be doing it.

Using Twitter to Teach Surgeons 'Tweet' From Operating Room During Brain Surgery

Twitter, Doctors...and Better Medicine?

Case based discussion on twitter example

"This exploratory study showed potential opportunities and pitfalls that Twitter could bring to the e-learning community in higher education. "

"Recognizing those limitations, the success of the program, and the fundamental role of patient participation in evolving care models, Mayo is rebuilding the software platform so it can be used to create and deliver care plans in multiple types of surgical practices. "