Bottom line: now is a great time to join the #NephTwitter and #SoMe movement.

Thank you, @hswapnil for a wonderful @NU_Nephrology Grand Rounds! #nukidney #nuRGR #NUKidontheSwap

"It was great to have support of the community in the Cochrane debate. It gave me warm fuzzies." #NUKidontheSwap 23/n

And now we get the scoop on how #twitterattackdog began ... @thebyrdlab #NUKidontheSwap 22/n

"Social media is optional. But your relevance is optional too." - @hswapnil #zing #NUKidontheSwap 21/n

So how can we get more young people to create and be actively involved in #NephTwitter? #nsmc #SoMe @SLeonMD @HecmagsMD @cdchu @dr_nikhilshah #NUKidontheSwap 20/n

But then he reminded us that our bracket was busted ... #shadethrown #NUKidontheSwap 19/n

How can we be innovative in our #MedEd? @hswapnil gives shout out to @NephMadness as a learning tool for medical trainees and continuing ed for faculty. #NUKidontheSwap 18/n

A blog post isn't the same as a paper, but it can bring multi-fold exposure to your work if you blog about your paper. - @hswapnil #NUKidontheSwap 17/n

@hswapnil now educates @NU_Nephrology about #NephJC - the #NephTwitter journal club that walks through manuscripts, sometimes with privilege of having the authors join! @NephJC #NUKidontheSwap 16/n

But to the Twitter answer machine, #batlledisagrees @edgarvlermamd #NUKidontheSwap 15/n

#NephTwitter can offer answers from international experts to what you are wondering. @askrenal #NephTwitter #NUKidontheSwap 14/n

BUT ... "THINK before you Tweet" - nothing gets deleted because search engines will scrape tweets and archive them, so they are permanent and not private. #NUKidontheSwap #NephTwitter 13/n

"Don't be afraid to join a conversation. It takes courage." - @hswapnil #NUKidontheSwap 12/n

Let's talk #hashtags - a hashtag brings focus to a topic and can bring people together who don't follow each other. It can bring you more followers and interesting people to follow. But use sparingly so as not to spam #hashtags. #NUKidontheSwap 11/n

#NephTwitter can connect people who wouldn't ordinarily interact; @hswapnil and @kidney_boy
were running #NephJC for 6 months before meeting in person.

#NUKidontheSwap 10/n

Twitter = ideas

FB, insta, snap = personal life

- @hswapnil
#NUKidontheSwap 9/n

@S_brimble is being hailed "the conscience of nephrology" by @hswapnil; it's OK to discuss and disagree about nephrology issues #scottdisagrees #NUKidontheSwap 8/n

Now @hswapnil dissects the anatomy of a tweet to show @NU_Nephrology and the #NU community what you can do with 240 characters and the other features. #SoMe #NephTwitter #NUKidontheSwap 7/n

"Don't get FOMO on Twitter; it's OK to just dip your toes without jumping in the river." - @hswapnil #NUKidontheSwap 6/n

@hswapnil defends the practice of nephrology against fake news (about poor dialysis care) published by @NPR on Twitter, with evidence-based medicine. #changetheconversation #NUKidontheSwap 5/n

"Although you can't control fake news about yourself, you can control the conversation about yourself." #NUKidontheSwap 4/n

"Twitter tells people who I am" - @hswapnil

Twitter replaces a personal website? Good for professional promotion. #NUKidontheSwap 3/n

"I am a Twitter evangelist!" - @hswapnil #NUKidontheSwap 2/n

Co-live-tweeter @Jwaitz getting a quick Tweetdeck tutorial from @hswapnil - bulking up the #NephTwitter workforce! #NUKidontheSwap 1/n

"Tweet or Be Left Out: The Role of Social Media in Medicine"

@NU_Nephrology Grand Rounds by @hswapnil starts at 12:00 pm in Daniel Hale

#nukidney #nuRGR #NUKidontheSwap @SusanQuaggin