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