twitter for journal clubs and medical education
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Twitter for Journal Clubs and Medical
Education
Paul Sufka M.D. @psufka
No relevant disclosures
Slides and links available online:
paulsufka.com/hcmc(No were harmed in the making of this presentation)
What is Twitter?
How to Twitter#RheumJC’s guide:
rheumjc.com/getting-started
#NephJC’s guide: www.nephjc.com/how-to/
Mom This is How Twitter Works: www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com/
Many Uses of Twitter
Microblogging
Sharing
Connecting
Many Uses of Twitter
News & Trends
Conferences
Journal Clubs
Personal Learning Network
#FOAMed Movement
“exploding collection of constantly evolving, collaborative and interactive open access
medical education resources being distributed on the web”
Who to Follow?
https://twitter.com/psufka/lists/hcmc/members
Twitter Hashtags
Journal clubs: #RheumJC
Medical conferences: #ACR15
Education: #FOAMed
Diseases: #arthritis
Finding Hashtags
Applying the Power of Twitter to Medical Journal Clubs
Journal Club
• “Group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles in the academic literature”
• Flipped classroom model
• Higher cognitive domain
Standard classroom: Students introduced to new material in class. Limited engagement.
Flipped classroom: Exposure to new material outside class. Knowledge assimilated via engagement.
1. Knowledge2. Comprehension3. Application4. Analysis5. Synthesis6. Creation
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Why Twitter is perfect for Journal Club…
Increased number of participants.
Ability to interact directly with authors.
Broader range of knowledge and experiences.
• Launched January 2015
• Five founders: @rheumpearls, @psufka, @DrBhana, @rheumed, @hausmannMD
• Recently finished 5th journal club session
• Typically run two 1-hour long sessions to allow worldwide participation
Involvement:
• 2/5 had primary author as part of discussion
• 3/5 involved specialists outside of rheumatology
• 3/5 the publisher has agreed to make the article open access for purpose of the journal club
Average turnout:
• 41 participants
• 15 different countries
• 354 unique tweets (includes only sessions 2-5)
#JHMChat
ModeratingOpening
• Greet and ask for introductions/COI
• Reminders (next session, how to guides, etc)
• Moderator engagement important!
ModeratingDiscussion
• Encourage discussion by asking questions
• Don’t have to provide summary of entire paper
• Highlight key points & figures
Questions or Comments? @psufka Slides/links: paulsufka.com/hcmc