Journal of Medical Internet Research (May 2021)

Use of Twitter in Neurology: Boon or Bane?

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2196/25229
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 5
p. e25229

Abstract

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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.