Journal clubs in the digital age: Twitter for continuing professional development

McGinnigle, Eilidh; Francis, Rohin; Warriner, David; McAloon, Christopher

doi:10.7861/futurehosp.4-3-160

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“…In all, 74% (32/43) of studies used an observational study design [12,14,[45][46][47][48][49][50] and 26% (11/43) used an experimental design [11,18,44,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]. Multimedia Appendix 1 presents the key findings of each study.…”

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The Use of Twitter by Medical Journals: Systematic Review of the Literature

Erskine¹,

Hendricks²

2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Medical journals use Twitter to engage and disseminate their research articles and implement a range of strategies to maximize reach and impact. Objective This study aims to systematically review the literature to synthesize and describe the different Twitter strategies used by medical journals and their effectiveness on journal impact and readership metrics. Methods A systematic search of the literature before February 2020 in four electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect) was conducted. Articles were reviewed using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) guidelines. Results The search identified 44 original research studies that evaluated Twitter strategies implemented by medical journals and analyzed the relationship between Twitter metrics and alternative and citation-based metrics. The key findings suggest that promoting publications on Twitter improves citation-based and alternative metrics for academic medical journals. Moreover, implementing different Twitter strategies maximizes the amount of attention that publications and journals receive. The four key Twitter strategies implemented by many medical journals are tweeting the title and link of the article, infographics, podcasts, and hosting monthly internet-based journal clubs. Each strategy was successful in promoting the publications. However, different metrics were used to measure success. Conclusions Four key Twitter strategies are implemented by medical journals: tweeting the title and link of the article, infographics, podcasts, and hosting monthly internet-based journal clubs. In this review, each strategy was successful in promoting publications but used different metrics to measure success. Thus, it is difficult to conclude which strategy is most effective. In addition, the four strategies have different costs and effects on dissemination and readership. We recommend that journals and researchers incorporate a combination of Twitter strategies to maximize research impact and capture audiences with a variety of learning methods.

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“…7/43, 16%)[42][43][44][46][47][48][49][50], standard article promotion (7/43, 16%)[11,44,52,53,55,57,58], infographics or visual abstracts (6/43, 14%)[18,45,50,51,54,56], and podcasts (1/43, 2%)[56]. The effects of each strategy are shown in Multimedia Appendix 1, and the definitions for each strategy are provided in Textbox 2.…”

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The Use of Twitter by Medical Journals: Systematic Review of the Literature

Erskine¹,

Hendricks²

2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…For instance, Twitter accounts may enhance medical education through announcements, exam preparation, and identifying continuing medical education (CME) resources [ 35 ]. Cardiology specific twitter-based journal clubs have also been established (@Heart_BMJ, #HeartJC) [ 36 ]. These online journal clubs have typically generated a large number of global participants.…”

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Women in Cardiology: Role of Social Media in Advocacy

Patel

Volgman

2021

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: Digital and social media have transformed the field of medicine. They are powerful tools that academic and non-academic physicians and healthcare providers are using to influence others, promote ideas, obtain knowledge, disseminate research and communicate with others. The history of advocacy for women in medicine and the role of social media in influencing the choice of women to choose Cardiology as a career and its role in advocacy for women in cardiology (WIC) have been reviewed. It has changed the way cardiologists learn, educate, and interact with each other. Social media has proven especially useful in advocating for WIC, but whether it can help improve the numbers of female doctors going into Cardiology remains to be seen. In addition to encouraging women to pursue cardiology, social media has drawn attention to key women’s rights issues affecting practicing female cardiologists.

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“…It is heartening to see social media breathing new life into the most traditional form of continuing professional development -the journal club. McGinnigle et al 7 show that Twitter can transform a departmental journal club to an interactive online platform with global reach. Damian Roland 8 goes further, exploring the reach of social media in medical education, policy and research.…”

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