Tony Breu

@tony_breu

Hospitalist and Director of Resident Education, VA Boston. Faculty, . Mets fan. Usually at and thinking about . Views are my own.

Boston, MA
Joined April 2012

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    16 Dec 2019

    I have grouped my MedTweetorials in separate Moments, each of which can be found in the following thread. I hope it's easier to find content this way!

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    Unless some other unclear benefit, Cmd+shift+4 will save you a couple steps on your screen clipping (can paste straight into ppt). If you actually want the image saved to downloads, can have it do so automatically.

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    18 hours ago
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    No one is born an expert. is a great way to learn. For example, I knew nothing about vibrio vulnificus. It was very fun to dive deep. It took a very long time. Same is true for writing review articles. When published, u r likely one of the 🌍 experts on that topic

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  4. 20 hours ago

    That concludes Part II of "How does one create a Tweetorial?". Part III will be posted soon. Here is a link to Part I

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  5. 20 hours ago

    21/ I am sure others (both creating and consumers of Tweetorials) have recommendations. I'd love to hear them!

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  6. 20 hours ago

    20/ If you plan to do more than one Tweetorials: 📌Compile them This allows others to access them easily so they don't get "lost". I have made moments and pinned them to my account, but this isn’t the only method.

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  7. 20 hours ago

    19/ What's most important is that you keep your readers' attention. I find that: 📌Shorter is often better To modify a famous quote: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter Tweetorial.”

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  8. 20 hours ago

    18/ Regarding the number of tweets in each Tweetorial, there is no right answer. But: 📌Be mindful of length I’m not sure there is a correct number of tweets. A prior survey suggested 12 might be optimal, but this is far from certain.

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  9. 20 hours ago

    17/ As you may know, all links use 23 characters no matter their length. So, there is no need to use URL shortening sites like Bitly.

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  10. 20 hours ago

    16/ On the issue of credibility, I think it is ESSENTIAL to: 📌Cite your work aggressively I am not an expert on most of the topics I tweet about. I must show my work. Citing aggressively also allows others to read the primary literature for themselves (if they want to).

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  11. 20 hours ago

    15/ If you’re like me, figures/tables from the cited research help make your point and also lend credibility. So: 📌Make use of available multimedia I make an attempt to annotate the figures/table I include, those this may not always be necessary.

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  12. 20 hours ago

    14/ I have typically included a closing question, often a repeat of the first. I remain uncertain of the utility of this (i.e., does it "prove" learning has occurred?). Applying the knowledge to new situations/questions (i.e., elaboration) may be better. This is harder to do.

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  13. 20 hours ago

    13/ On this topic: 📌Make use of polls/surveys Surveys/polls allow you to take advantage of the testing effect. They also provide one of the better indicators of engagement. Do the answers drop dramatically from the first to the last poll? That may indicate waning interest.

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  14. 20 hours ago

    12/ Another option is to include a poll/survey in the first tweet. I have found that if a poll/survey is included in the FIRST tweet, it gets many more responses. This should come as no surprise given that the first tweet is the tweet with the most Impressions.

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  15. 20 hours ago

    11/ If you want your Tweetorial to teach others, they must read the WHOLE thing (not just see tweet 1). Given this: 📌Open with a hook & clearly state the issue you’ll be covering I focus on the question posed. I try to engage peoples' curiosity so they want to read more.

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  16. 20 hours ago

    10/ If you agree with the premise of tweet 9, is it worth thinking about how to get people to see your Tweetorial. If you don’t have a lot of followers, you might: 📌Consider tagging people in the first/last tweet But, do this judiciously as those tagged get notifications.

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  17. 20 hours ago

    9/ Before moving on, I want to state something clearly: 🔹If you are using Tweetorials to teach, you want/need people to see and read them🔹 That means you want/need lots of Impressions (i.e., potential learners). This is ok to say.

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  18. 20 hours ago

    8/ I have learned some things having posted 68 Tweetorials and have a number of recommendations. The remainder of this thread will cover these.

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  19. 20 hours ago

    7/ When it’s time to post (and I always post simultaneously), I put the Tweetorial together within Twitter. I then review it multiple times for typos and other issues (you can’t edit tweets after posting). I always miss something.

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  20. 20 hours ago

    6/ Because I usually don't finish writing a Tweetorial in one sitting (and because you can’t save threads in ), I then copy-paste the tweet back into Evernote to save it.

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  21. 20 hours ago

    5/ Once I have finished my research, I draft the Tweetorial. I create each tweet in Twitter so I know I have 280 or fewer characters. [You may notice that tweet 1 created in this video is VERY different from the final one posted. I edit a lot to ensure the language is optimal.]

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