The e-Public Health Blog » User Generate Content http://www.e-publichealth.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Twitter in Public Health and Medicine http://www.e-publichealth.com/2009/06/twitter-in-public-health/ http://www.e-publichealth.com/2009/06/twitter-in-public-health/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:22:28 +0000 Cisco http://www.e-publichealth.com/?p=91 I am too often asked “why do you even bother wasting your time with Twitter?” However, as an early adopter I still remember the day when I was socked with information overload of the few people I followed.

Today, I am followed by and follow over four hundred tweeps and cannot imagine a day without greeting, collaborating, and tinkering along with my twitter gang. For those of you open minded types, I believe the following two pieces nicely describe the impact Twitter can have in Medicine and Public Health.

NY Times Columnist Dr. Pauline Chen’s Medicine in the Age of Twitter

Medicine in the Twitter Age

P.F. Anderson’s Twittering for Public Health

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