It began in July 2016 when an anonymous medical student tweeted about a first date. Other women in medicine on Twitter responded to the post, first with the phrase “girl med Twitter” and then with #girlmedtwitter. From there, other Twitter users liked, retweeted, commented, and began using the hashtag for their own posts pertaining to life as a woman in medicine. In the ensuing months, #girlmedtwitter became a mainstay of women physicians and medical students on social media, generating thousands of tweets and millions of impressions… Download the full article below.