This tutorial provides oncologists with guidance on setting up their Twitter accounts, including privacy settings and optimizing their profiles for professionalism. Key recommendations include adjusting the time zone, managing visibility to peers, and personalizing the profile with images. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of creating an approachable online presence while maintaining professionalism.

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Account Settings
A Tutorial for Oncologists
Matthew Katz, MD
May 2014

2. Now that you have set up your account, look at your settings

3. Set to correct
time zone

4. Scroll Down
I chose no tags
Protected gives more privacy,
less easy to connect

5. Maximizes privacy
Do you want friends
colleagues to find you?
I turned off
I turned off

6. Depends upon how
responsive you want
to be (arrows =
suggested)

7. Helpful starting,
may choose to
unselect later
Worth keeping to
find similar people

8. Background phot
500 x 1500 pixel
optimal
• LinkedIn profile
• Hospital profile
• Your website
Important to humanize you. Goal
is professional but approachable.
List professional
location
Don’t link except to
professional page

11. In Design, you can change
background, text color
Can add other
images

14. Questions?
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