PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Eric S. Schwenk
AU  - Kellie M. Jaremko
AU  - Rajnish K. Gupta
AU  - Ankeet D. Udani
AU  - Colin J.L. McCartney
AU  - Anne Snively
AU  - Edward R. Mariano
TI  - Upgrading a Social Media Strategy to Increase Twitter Engagement During the Spring Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
AID  - 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000586
DP  - 2017 May 01
TA  - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
PG  - 283--288
VI  - 42
IP  - 3
4099  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/42/3/283.short
4100  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/42/3/283.full
SO  - Reg Anesth Pain Med2017 May 01; 42
AB  - Abstract Microblogs known as “tweets” are a rapid, effective method of information dissemination in health care. Although several medical specialties have described their Twitter conference experiences, Twitter-related data in the fields of anesthesiology and pain medicine are sparse. We therefore analyzed the Twitter content of 2 consecutive spring meetings of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine using publicly available online transcripts. We also examined the potential contribution of a targeted social media campaign on Twitter engagement during the conferences. The original Twitter meeting content was largely scientific in nature and created by meeting attendees, the majority of whom were nontrainee physicians. Physician trainees, however, represent an important and increasing minority of Twitter contributors. Physicians not in attendance predominantly contributed via retweeting original content, particularly picture-containing tweets, and thus increased reach to nonattendees. A social media campaign prior to meetings may help increase the reach of conference-related Twitter discussion.