Highlights
- •Medical trainees can be engaged through the use of social media.
- •Social media can be used to increase awareness and use of educational tools.
- •Clinical pathway use increased through increased awareness and periodic reminders.
- •Antibiotic knowledge increased as a result of following our program on social media.
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Funding/Support: Supported by a Pfizer Medical Education Grant. The REDCap project is hosted and managed by the Center for Research Informatics and funded by the Biological Sciences Division and by the Institute for Translational Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant number UL1 TR000430, from the National Institutes of Health.
Conflicts of Interest: J.P. received research funding from Pfizer; the other authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.