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.