The #Tweetorial: an Underutilized Teaching Tool in Undergraduate Medical Education?

Abstract

Tweetorials are short, self-contained Twitter threads that provide a concise overview of a topic. Recently, they have gained prominence in the Twitter medical community (#MedTwitter) as a medium for teaching and reviewing topics from foundational medical physiological concepts through to complex clinical case presentations. With medical schools increasingly utilizing case-based learning in their curricula, the Tweetorial may have a role in bridging the foundational and clinical sciences while challenging the clinical decision-making acumen of learners. We outline how Tweetorials may be utilized to support self-directed, asynchronous learning amidst increasingly brimming medical curricula and provide undergraduate medical students real-time access to educators, and discuss limitations that may hamper their implementation.