A Rheumatologist's Tips for Tweeting and Blogging - Page 3 of 3

Despite differences of opinion, beginning tweeters or bloggers don’t need to be afraid to interact with others.

“The reason people are online is because they want to interact,” he says, adding that to attract followers on Twitter, physicians need to be fairly active by posting information several times a week. “Feel free to approach anyone,” he advises. “For the most part, rheumatology is a fairly small group. Most rheumatologists are going to be happy to interact with you.”

Carol Patton is a freelance journalist based in Las Vegas.

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