This document provides an overview of why Twitter is useful for Dr. Ronan Kavanagh. In 3 sentences: Twitter allows Dr. Kavanagh to easily access over 100 medical articles and 1200 total articles per year. It also connects him to a large network of over 3000 other medical professionals who share information on rheumatology. Through Twitter, Dr. Kavanagh is able to advocate for patients, promote evidence-based medicine, and incorporate the patient voice and humanities into his practice of rheumatology.

1. Why Twitter?

2. Dr. Ronan Kavanagh MD MRCP
Rheumatologist
Galway Clinic
Ireland

3. Recommended Reading

5. @psufka
@philipgardiner
@rheumpearls
@philrobinson
@carvicab

7. @
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philrobinson
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_connectedcare
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philrobinson
@
carvicab
@
philipgardiner
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_connectedcare
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josecam
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ronantkavanag
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rheum
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larhum
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_connectedcare
@
stefansiebert1
@
larhum
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@
synovialjoints
@
psufka
@drbhana
@
doctorakerkar
@
m
atylda68

8. Free
Online
Medical
Education
#FOAMed

10. LEARNING

11. 100 Articles per month
1200 Articles per year

16. Link to reference

18. Attending a medical conference using
Twitter is like the difference between
driving a Mini and a Ferrari #ACR13

19. >3000 abstracts

27. ACRheum
MayoClinic
abrewi3010
Drbeckyg
Medicalfacts
heiki1
MedicalFactsEU
jrf5460
SiMBa37
Prof
TheRheumPodcast
ArthritisToday
jfcarre69
philipcrobinson
RheumatologyUK
zorgnl
L_tweet
synovi
rheumi_
Rheumatologe
myCMERonanTKavanagh
Reumdoc
Arthritis_ARC
Katiissick
ArthritisNRF
psufka
MoistureSeekers
doctorakerkar
CreakyJoints
anetto
_connectedcare
dailyRx
DKBmed
ClaireRiddell77
karolinskainst
Rheuma_suffolk
Arthritisie
vanzuidencom
grainne72
HurtBlogger
TerezHumphrey
dsymons
jrheum
HCPLive_Rheum
westr
StevenEchard
SocialMediaShan
ABIMFoundation
RAWarrior
livingwra
NPF
ohkitters
NatRevRheumatol
ArthritisIntro
GinaRClark
yaroofium
s
Annie_M8
AnnReedMD
synovialjoints
Arthritis_UBC
MotherToBaby
allistertaggart
JoseCamposMD
DLaunay
samwhittle
healthhashtags
atulbutte
lupusorg
DrAiLynTan
JoelAbbottMD
JasonJMcDougall
ImageAnalysisUK
rd_beck
CrescendoBio
RheumPF
NMartinezzz
H
utsandiego
djtmcc
nicola_garrett
ProfDavidHunter
aftjae
Berci
drandrewcairns
amandabchesley
Dr_Noe_Olvera
jeffbrandt
kapermo
StefanSiebert1
sermo
amcunningham
FibroFlow
turtlemom
RheumEpi
gastromom
zandbelt
doximity
MotherinMed
CalRheum
SjogrensCa
HansRosling
ingrid_hutton
alcoss
Cortellis
RacinForACure
Stef
kitteybeth
chellech
maryadevera
TrackMyRA
PatientPoint
ReumaHUSC
WhiskeyGirlSD
CatToyOriginalcmaer
IlindelatorreMD
roomdash
carvicab
ACRSimpleTasks
MsErinLatimer
Amgen
unmc
CedarsSinai
BMSNews
AFARorg
arthritis_org
djmarcthrasher
SDConventionCtr
GoFishAnthonys
alhkim
RheumPearls
savageeimear
dregiraldo
schwabchristine
Larhumato
DrAaliya
RA_Guy
ucb_news
HealioRheum
NIH_NIAMS
SpringerClinMed
Tanushiheadbash
MtzReuma
SharonTheimer
AnnalsofIM
WhiskyGirlSport
DonaRottapharm
gorisverhoef
AndyBiotech
RJAP_HNHB
OlgaKubassova
scleroderma
GoutEducation
JCVenter
SoleilatK
abbvie
GaslampQuarter
DoctorNatasha
UABSOM
sylba2308 HCPLive
SENGLAITAN
MaverickNY
CORE_UBC
NIEHS
patientincluded
rheumau
medpagetoday
gnayyar
ScrippsResearch
timspector
meddr
naturaldoc08
salutedomani
sharankrai
AlonsoRArroyoC
CureJM
ClaireRiddell
JeanTayarMD
SD
Pain_Live
fridawrites
RoVaFlo
ChrisCarrollMD
SanDiegoTim
mccannpj
ArthritisRes
rheumaupdate
HealioR
ugent
LLi_1
LupusInitiative
embimd
AblynxABLX
Angeladurazo
BioWorld
jmckeow
marriottgaslamp
jorroser
antoniocaperna
DomaineHC
jose_martinez
dermanewsok
chronicchill
billiamjames
russopartners
EmyrWmffra
TheLiverPost
bmgallagherjr
cabsylvia
GFHEU
MedThrillerILCommentarioNW
latimes
marjolein24
NIH
jdomanac
#ACR2013

30. Advocacy(?)
Advocacy

32. “I’m a doctor, but also a terminally ill cancer patient. During a
stay last summer I made the start observation that many staff
looking after me did not introduce me before delivering care”

38. Promoting your stuff

39. Thanks to @melissaterras of UCL

45. Rheumatology

46. Evidence based
medicine

47. Technology
Evidence
based
medicine
Humanities
Patient voice

48. Technology
Evidence
based
medicine
Humanities
Patient voice
Rheumatology

49. Technology and Health

50. Medical Humanities

51. Patients on Twitter

53. Thankyou
@_connectedcare
@ronantkavanagh

54. #ACR14