Examination of Emergency Medicine Physicians’ and Residents’ Twitter Activities During the First Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak

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.