I joined Twitter to teach. In May 2016, I started tweeting “questions of the day” for my inpatient hospital medicine team at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital from @RJmdphilly. #GreenQOD (“Green” is our teaching service, and “QOD” for question of the day) was born in the days of only 140 characters per tweet (now expanded to …
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The Med in Social Media: The Role Twitter Can Play in the Medical Student Toolkit
Medical school is a melting pot of passions and intellect. Therefore, I was surprised when it was here that I felt, for the first time, alone in my interests. I had fallen in love with the idea of using social media as a health care tool for both patients and providers. However, this concept is …
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#WinterWishList Contest Rules
#WinterWishList Contest Rules Are you a medical trainee? Have you ever wished that you could have your own subscription to Academic Medicine? Is Academic Medicine on your #WinterWishList? Tweet us, using @AcadMedJournal and #WinterWishList, to let us know what you like best about the journal or why you want to win a subscription for a …
Save the Date: Ask-the-Editor Twitter Chat
Are you curious about academic medicine scholarship? Why not chat with Academic Medicine’s editor-in-chief? Join our Ask-the-Editor Twitter chat on Tuesday, June 13th, from 2-3PM (ET). Go ahead and ask hard questions—about peer review, about the world of academic medicine, or about conducting and reviewing scholarship. Our Editor-in-Chief, David P. Sklar, MD, is prepared to …