Abstract
The millennial learner has a characteristic learning style. Studies have shown that millennial's want their teaching to be creative, and to take place in an informal, relaxed environment. Millennial's spend upwards of 2.5 hours on social media each day. Chief residents at a large pediatric residency program (101 residents) created a private, resident-only Instagram page through which educational material is delivered. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the utility of social media for the advancement of medical education. On the account, “One Minute Teaching” stories were posted on a regular basis. Topics were chosen by the pediatric residents. Examples include stories on pyloric stenosis, mastoiditis, and Henoch-Schonlein Purpura. At the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year, a series of “Tips and Tricks of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)” was also presented to introduce the incoming interns to several basic best practices for using the EMR. Stories were created by both the chief residents and pediatric third year residents during a dedicated “Resident as Teachers” rotation. After the stories were posted, viewers were surveyed if they felt the information presented was helpful in a yes/no poll. To date, eight clinical “One Minute Teaching” stories and seven “Tips and Tricks of the EMR” stories have been created and posted. An average of 40 residents watched each clinical teaching story and 51 residents watched each EMR teaching story. 99% of residents who viewed the clinical teaching stories and 98% of residents who viewed the EMR teaching stories reported that they found the information helpful. Social media is heavily used by the millennial population, but has not yet been largely adopted for use in a teaching capacity, specifically in medical education. The success of this large pediatric residency program in using Instagram to teach focused, clinically-relevant topics suggests that there is a role for social media to be used in this teaching context.
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