Hepatology Communications (Aug 2020)

#LiverTwitter: An Emerging Tool for Liver Education and Research

  • Adam E. Mikolajczyk,
  • Nneka Ufere,
  • Anthony C. Breu,
  • Neehar D. Parikh,
  • Guadalupe Garcia‐Tsao,
  • Elliot B. Tapper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1539
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 8
pp. 1229 – 1233

Abstract

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#LiverTwitter has emerged as an academic forum that has begun to advance the field of hepatology by disseminating content on chronic liver diseases to a global audience. This article summarizes the content presented in a panel discussion at the 2019 Liver Meeting by highlighting the perspectives of several key types of participants in Twitter: the trainee, the medical educator, the divisional account, the scientific journal, and the passive participant.