The Times They Are A-Changin’: Academia, Social Media and the JGIM Twitter Journal Club

Journal clubs have long been a core component of medical education. Initially the purpose of the journal club was to update participants about key medical advances. As the medical literature expanded, journal clubs evolved into forums for discussion of advances in focused medical topics and activities to teach critical appraisal and evidence-based medicine.1 Low attendance and poor participation at face-to-face journal clubs led to...