Social Media for Residency Programs – #ABIM, #FOAMed, #MedEd

There has been a lot of discussion lately around the use of social media in medical education. The topic has been researched, discussed and analyzed. Our favorite social media tool for ABIM exam review / medical education is twitter. The platform provides a convenient way to teach, learn from, and connect with others interested in medical education. Our belief is that it can be a powerful tool for residency programs to enhance medical education for their residents. Below is our list of the top internal medicine residency programs using twitter as an education tool:

  • East Carolina University (@ecuimchiefs) – Internal medicine pearls, trivia, and ABIM exam style clinical vignette questions
  • University of Chicago (@MedChiefs) – Great internal medicine pearls and information to stay current on what’s happening
  • University of Texas Health and Science Center in San Antonio (@UTHSCSAIMres) – Great use of twitter for internal medicine board exam prep
  • New Hanover Regional Medical Center (@NHRMC_IM) – Sharing pearls useful for ABIM board exam review
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (@JeffIMchiefs) – Sharing pearls and valuable medical education articles
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center (@UNMCIMResidency) – Use of twitter to update residents on conferences and seminars
  • University of Florida (@UFGenIM) – Sharing important medical education articles
  • West Virginia University (@WVUim) – Occassional board pearls and RTs of important NEJM articles
There are a few other residency programs on twitter but the posts are few and far in-between. Here’s hoping other IM residency programs follow the lead of the programs above and begin using twitter to provide medical education to their residents! Fortunately, there are some top notch educators have joined twitter to provide #FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical Education). Below is our attempt to list some of the best educators for medical education and internal medicine (ABIM) exam prep. This is by no means a complete list – In fact, there are a lot more educators and #FOAMed enthusiasts that are on twitter. This is simply a small list of people to follow for Internal Medicine Board exam prep. Even then – we are certain we have missed some really great handles! We’ll keep updating it. We are also counting on our twitter followers to help make this the best list possible: While this post is focused on use of twitter for internal medicine education / ABIM, we would be remiss if we didn’t point out a couple of great #FOAMed lists  – GoogleFOAM and Dave Townsend’s “Internet Resources for Medical Students”. Twitter is a fantastic tool for education – there is already a strong and growing #FOAMed and #MedEd community that exists. If you or your medical residency program are not already on twitter, we highly recommend joining in the conversation! Happy tweeting! #ABIM #MedEd #FOAMed


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September 17, 2014

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