Use of Twitter in neurology: Boon or bane?

Biswamohan Mishra; Monica Saini; Carolynne M. Doherty; Robert D.S. Pitceathly; Roopa Rajan; Omar K. Siddiqi; Gita Ramdharry; Ajay Asranna; Pedro Jose Tomaselli; Allan G. Kermode; Jawad A. Bajwa; Divyani Garg; Venugopalan Y. Vishnu

doi:10.2196/25229

Use of Twitter in neurology: Boon or bane?

Biswamohan Mishra, Monica Saini, Carolynne M. Doherty, Robert D.S. Pitceathly, Roopa Rajan, Omar K. Siddiqi, Gita Ramdharry, Ajay Asranna, Pedro Jose Tomaselli, Allan G. Kermode, Jawad A. Bajwa, Divyani Garg, Venugopalan Y. Vishnu

Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (Perron Institute)

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Abstract

Twitter is a free, open access social media platform that is widely used in medicine by physicians, scientists, and patients. It provides an opportunity for advocacy, education, and collaboration. However, it is likely not utilized to its full advantage by many disciplines in medicine, and pitfalls exist in its use. In particular, there has not been a review of Twitter use and its applications in the field of neurology. This review seeks to provide an understanding of the current use of Twitter in the field of neurology to assist neurologists in engaging with this potentially powerful application to support their work.

Original language	English
Article number	e25229
Journal	Journal of Medical Internet Research
Volume	23
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2196/25229
Publication status	Published - May 2021

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