Social Media
Basic terms:
Username: I recommend choosing a username with Dr or MD in it if you intend to create an account that is educational. Synonyms: handle.
Tweet(s): your actual post. Limited to 140 characters.
Followers: the number of people that follow you.
Following: the number of people that you follow. Their tweets will appear on their newsfeed.
Methods:
Data collected at two individual time points: May. 27-28th 2016 and May. 6th-7th 2017
Keywords: Eye Surgeon, Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmologist
Results:
Geographic distribution of Active Twitter Ophthalmologists in 2017.
60% in the U.S.
34% outside the U.S.
6% unknown
Average Number of Tweets:
2016 60.6
2017 84.0
Total Number of Active Users:
2016. 138
2017. 169
Top 3 Active Groups on Twiiter
Comprehensive Ophthalmologists
Retina
Residents
