%0 Journal Article %T Examination of Emergency Medicine Physicians’ and Residents’ Twitter Activities During the First Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak %J International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health %I International Travel Medicine Center of Iran %Z 2322-1100 %A Boğan, Mustafa %A Karadağ, Mehmet %A Boğan, Fatma %D 2020 %\ 06/01/2020 %V 8 %N 2 %P 46-50 %! Examination of Emergency Medicine Physicians’ and Residents’ Twitter Activities During the First Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak %K Social Media %K Emergency medicine %K Disease Outbreaks %K Coronavirus %R 10.34172/ijtmgh.2020.08 %X Introduction: Social media has become an important element of interaction and found itself a place in every aspect of our lives. This study examined the twitter activities of emergency medicine physicians and residents (EMP&R) about the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: The study concentrated on Twitter, a major social media network. To identify accounts owned by EMP&R, followers of the official accounts of two emergency medicine physician associations in our country were reviewed. Results: In total, 251 accounts whose owners stated they were EMP&R in their biographies, were public, and had tweeted within the last year were identified. Among the 210 tweets posted about coronavirus, 42.4% contained comments and suggestions, 18.6% institutional announcements, 17.1% news, 14.8% scientific content, and 7.1% contained humor. Conclusion: This study examined the importance of Twitter posts during outbreaks and the attitudes of emergency medicine doctors on this issue. Based on the results, it is thought that EMP&R should share more. %U https://www.ijtmgh.com/article_107217_a1d2c7a0269d86b72a61f1af19ff826b.pdf