MDchat: The World's First Twitter Chat for Physicans

Introducing the World’s First Twitter Chat for Physicians: # MD chat: MDchat.org - @MD_chat by Phil Baumann , RN

What’s # MD chat?
It’s a Twitter chat for physicians (not just MDs) and other healthcare professionals from around the world and is open to the public for participation.
It was ignited by @PhilBaumann
MDchat.org - @MD_chat

What Do You Talk About?
A wide range of topics pertinent to physicians from news to ethics to information technology to healthcare reform to the future of the profession and more.

Why Twitter?
Twitter provides a unique mode of ambient intimacy in real-time, enabling people from all over the world to express themselves, exchange knowledge, share experiences and find the latest developments around the world.

Who Can Join?
You

How Do I Participate?
There are several ways...

Hashtag: # MD chat
Hashtags (keywords prepended with a “#”) demarcate tweets into searchable metadata - in the case of Twitter conversations, they signify a rallying point for participants.

Search Twitter
Search Twitter ( Search.Twitter.com ) for #MDchat to view a real-time chronological order of tweets demarcated as #Mdchat (be sure to include the # symbol).

Twitter Clients
Following a Twitter chat can difficult to follow since regular tweets and tweets marked with a hashtag can be difficult to segregate real-time. Fortunately, there are third-party applications which streamline participation into a focused channel.

TweetChat
Third-party applications enhance the value of Twitter. TweetChat ( TweetChat.com ) is an example of one such client. It displays only the tweets bearing the hashtag you wish it to display, thus focusing your attention.

Other Applications
TweetDeck – TweetGrid
The best way to learn is to sign up to Twitter and simply follow along the hashtag during one of the chats. Most new users – even the skeptical - figure it out quickly.

Times Vary - Stay Tuned to # MD chat on Twitter
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Follow @MD_Chat Twitter.com/MD_chat

Questions?
Follow and reply to @MD_chat
or email [email_address]

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