Engaging medical education scholars with a Twitter conference on professionalism and professional identity formation

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.72639

Abstract

Implication Statement

The Education Innovation Institute (EII) of Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, hosted a conference on Twitter about Professional Identity Formation (PIF), #MCGConf2021PIF, on February 25, 2021. The conference featured five presentations by 15 authors from Canada and the U.S. A Twitter conference is a versatile, affordable, and accessible digital option for medical education groups interested in diversifying conference offerings and reaching a broader audience. It was low-cost, organized in six months, and garnered over 9,000 Twitter impressions. Small networks and interest groups can organize Twitter conferences for their constituencies and larger conference organizations can host online mini-conferences to supplement in-person events.

Author Biographies

  • Jessica M DeWitt, Independent Scholar

    Independent Scholar, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  • Joslyn Richards, Medical College of Georgia

    Educational Innovation Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

  • Hedy S Wald, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 

  • TR Wyatt, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

  • Marcel F D'Eon , Medical College of Georgia

    Educational Innovation Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

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Published

2021-10-06

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022)

Section

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Copyright (c) 2021 Jessica M DeWitt, Joslyn Richards, Hedy S Wald, TR Wyatt, Marcel F D'Eon

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Engaging medical education scholars with a Twitter conference on professionalism and professional identity formation. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 6 [cited 2025 Dec. 14];13(1):96-8. Available from: https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/72639