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Using Twitter in Medical Education
Paul Sufka M.D.@psufka
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Slides and links available online:
paulsufka.com/chicago
Objectives• Understand the basics of Twitter and
how it can be used for adult learning.
• Explain how to find and participate in learning opportunities on Twitter.
• Use Twitter to begin building your own personal learning network.
Signing up for Twitter
Browser: twitter.com/signup
Mobile: twitter.com/download
Signing upIn order to talk to someone on Twitter, you have to address them by their username, preceded by an @ symbol.
e.g. I’m @psufka
ACR is @ACRheum
Signing Up (cont.)• Twitter is going to try to get you involved
ASAP (if you use the service right away, you’re more likely to keep using it).
• Can skip over questions about interests, suggested people you can follow, finding known contacts, and other major account details.
More Twitter Resources
#RheumJC’s guide: rheumjc.com/getting-started
Mom This is How Twitter Works: www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com/
What is Twitter?
Many Uses of Twitter
Microblogging
Sharing
Connecting
Many Uses of Twitter
News & Trends
Conferences
Journal Clubs
Personal Learning Network
Basics of Twitter Messages
Basics of Twitter Messages
#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/rheumatology/members
https://twitter.com/ACRheum/lists/rheumatology/members
Example Hashtags
Journal clubs: #RheumJC
Medical conferences: #ACR15
Education: #RheumEdu
Diseases: #LupusChat
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
• Typically run two 1-hour long sessions to allow worldwide participation
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
• Sign up for Twitter
• Find and follow interesting colleagues
• Participate in #RheumJC or another discussion from the healthcare hashtag project
Action Steps
