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01-06-2015 | Editorials

Why I blog and tweet

Author: Skeptical Scalpel, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 6/2015

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As this free-standing editorial “goes to press”, I will have been blogging and tweeting for more than five years. As I was nearing retirement from the practice of general surgery, I aspired to become a writer, and although I had authored more than 90 papers, review articles, and letters, I really didn’t consider scientific writing as “writing”. A willing mentor suggested that I start a blog and use Twitter to promote it. He also took the time to critique some of my early blog posts. …

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Title: Why I blog and tweet
Author: Skeptical Scalpel, MD
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-015-0353-8

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