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Table 5 Gains from and barriers to participating in #MedEdChat

From: A Twitter-facilitated professional learning community: online participation, connectedness, and satisfaction

 

Themes

Examples

Gains

Resource sharing

“The resource list that is noted at the beginning of the transcript has helped me so much.”

New ideas and opinions

“I become aware of the interests of others and the topics that are at the front of educator’s minds.”

Sense of community

“For me it’s all about community – we get to reach outside our silos (whether that’s institutional, clinical specialty, or geography)”

Connection making

“Connections hearing from people I admire but not personally connected with”

Barriers

Timing issue

“It would be great if it were earlier in the evening sometimes! 9 pm is too late for me usually …”

Technological difficulty

“I’m not very comfortable/familiar with Twitter … it could perhaps be better if the sessions were offered via a different, easier to follow platform, or if some detailed step-by-step instructions as to how these sessions actually work via Twitter could be provided.”