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Educational Impact of #IDJClub, a Twitter-Based Infectious Diseases Journal Club.

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Schwartz, IS; McCarty, T; Woc-Colburn, LE; Titanji, BK; Cutrell, JB; Cortes-Penfield, NW
Published in: Clin Infect Dis
May 15, 2022

BACKGROUND: Journal clubs have been an enduring mainstay of medical education, and hosting these on social media platforms can expand accessibility and engagement. We describe the creation and impact of #IDJClub, an infectious diseases (ID) Twitter journal club. METHODS: We launched #IDJClub in October 2019. Using the account @IDJClub, an ID physician leads a 1-hour open-access Twitter discussion of a recent publication. All participants use the hashtag #IDJClub. Sessions started monthly, but increased due to demand during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We used Symplur 's Healthcare Hashtag project to track engagement of #IDJClub per 60-minute discussion plus the following 30 minutes to capture ongoing conversations. We also conducted an online anonymous survey using Likert scales and open-ended questions to assess educational impact. RESULTS: In its first 20 months, 31 journal clubs were held, with medians of 42 (interquartile range [IQR], 28.5-60) participants and 312 (IQR, 205-427.5) tweets per session. 134 participants completed the survey, of whom 39% were ID physicians, 19% pharmacists, 13% ID fellows, and 10% medical residents. Most agreed or strongly agreed that #IDJClub provided clinically useful knowledge (95%), increased personal confidence in independent literature appraisal (72%), and was more educational than traditional journal clubs (72%). The format addressed several barriers to traditional journal club participation such as lack of access, subject experts, and time. CONCLUSIONS: #IDJClub is an effective virtual journal club, providing an engaging, open-access tool for critical literature appraisal that overcomes several barriers to traditional journal club participations while fostering connectedness within the global ID community.

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Clin Infect Dis

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EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

May 15, 2022

Volume

74

Issue

Suppl_3

Start / End Page

S244 / S250

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Physicians
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Education, Medical
  • Communicable Diseases
  • COVID-19
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
 

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Schwartz, I. S., McCarty, T., Woc-Colburn, L. E., Titanji, B. K., Cutrell, J. B., & Cortes-Penfield, N. W. (2022). Educational Impact of #IDJClub, a Twitter-Based Infectious Diseases Journal Club. Clin Infect Dis, 74(Suppl_3), S244–S250. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac108
Schwartz, Ilan S., Todd McCarty, Laila E. Woc-Colburn, Boghuma K. Titanji, James B. Cutrell, and Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield. “Educational Impact of #IDJClub, a Twitter-Based Infectious Diseases Journal Club.Clin Infect Dis 74, no. Suppl_3 (May 15, 2022): S244–50. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac108.
Schwartz IS, McCarty T, Woc-Colburn LE, Titanji BK, Cutrell JB, Cortes-Penfield NW. Educational Impact of #IDJClub, a Twitter-Based Infectious Diseases Journal Club. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 May 15;74(Suppl_3):S244–50.
Schwartz, Ilan S., et al. “Educational Impact of #IDJClub, a Twitter-Based Infectious Diseases Journal Club.Clin Infect Dis, vol. 74, no. Suppl_3, May 2022, pp. S244–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/cid/ciac108.
Schwartz IS, McCarty T, Woc-Colburn LE, Titanji BK, Cutrell JB, Cortes-Penfield NW. Educational Impact of #IDJClub, a Twitter-Based Infectious Diseases Journal Club. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 May 15;74(Suppl_3):S244–S250.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Infect Dis

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

May 15, 2022

Volume

74

Issue

Suppl_3

Start / End Page

S244 / S250

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Physicians
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Education, Medical
  • Communicable Diseases
  • COVID-19
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences