I have been systematically following emergency physicians on Twitter for more than 3 years now thru my TwittER project. It all started in 2012 when I analysed around 600 Twitter account by emergency physicians. This report has been published in EMJ – Analysis of emergency physicians’ Twitter accounts.
Since 2012 I have added many more emergency physicians to the list, and I am currently following almost 1500. I believe this to be the biggest curated list of emergency physicians on Planet Earth.
Here are the top 20 emergency physicians with most followers on Twitter and some stats about their accounts. Tables and graphs are interactive. For example your can sort data in tables by clicking on header descriptions.
A list of 20 emergency physicians with most followers on Twitter
Their user names, real names and biographies.
When did they create their accounts, how many people follow them, how many people they follow, and how many tweets have they published so far
Same stats shown in a chart
Where are these emergency physicians located
Hope this gives you a bit of an idea about the most influential emergency physicians on Twitter and who to start following.
Remember even if you do not have a Twitter account, you can still follow in real time what 1500 emergency physicians are sharing with the World – TwittER project.
The list of emergency physicians is constantly updating, and if you are an emergency physician using Twitter or know someone who is, please follow @research_er to get included.
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20 emergency physicians with most followers on Twitter https://t.co/3XvN0FxHHw #FOAM #FOAMed #doctors #twitter #data https://t.co/0cJRk5BCKB
@TravisStorkMD @NightShiftMD @DrDorian @brianwmarshall You are 1/20 emergency physicians with most followers https://t.co/3XvN0FxHHw
@DrGilbert @emcrit @sandnsurf @ftplectures @amalmattu You are 1/20 emergency physicians with most followers https://t.co/3XvN0FxHHw
@precordialthump @M_Lin @DavidFort1 @nabeelalansari You are 1/20 emergency physicians with most followers https://t.co/3XvN0FxHHw
@DrLeanaWen @CriticalCareNow @ketaminh @cliffreid @MelHerbert You are 1/20 emergency physicians with most followers https://t.co/3XvN0FxHHw
@themattmak @EM_Educator You are 1/20 emergency physicians with most followers https://t.co/3XvN0FxHHw
20 emergency physicians with most followers on Twitter https://t.co/yxNgyYDu65 Hey, look who’s #2!
20 emergency physicians with most followers on Twitter https://t.co/FBcJ2EncGM
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Interesting data.
Question is – how do you define ‘Emergency Physician’ as arguably that’s a very diverse group of clinicians.
To answer Simon’s question – already did via email, but to share publicly as well.
Definition of emergency physician can vary significantly from country to country. Also in the same system one might call him or herself an emergency physician regardless of their training level. For example a core trainee, a registrar or a consultant. I did not differentiate between these things. To me it was important that the user is a medical doctor and working in the field of emergency medicine, out or in the hospital. That said it is very difficult to verify this online. I have to rely on biographies of users to be true. Theoretically anyone can put in their bio that they are emergency physicians. I do however run certain automatic checks to see what they are writing about and how are they connected to the already existing list of emergency physicians.
Most followed emergency docs on Twitter. https://t.co/CHF2cw8St0
#EM #FOAMed #doc #emergency #data https://t.co/ZqWFZg5ZCM
20 emergency physicians with most followers on Twitter https://t.co/5jIHGL3KTY
Most followed emergency docs on Twitter. https://t.co/aVvTLRF9H2 #medicine #doctor #hospital #accident #ems https://t.co/2AojxD2qrD