43772 Sk(in depth): staying up-to-date with the latest dermatology research

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

9-19-2023

Publication Title

J Am Acad Dermatol

Abstract

Background: Introduction Regularly scheduled email newsletters have shown to be effective in helping students stay up-to-date on research. Thus we created Sk(in depth), a bimonthly newsletter summarizing the latest dermatology research from high impact journals. With medical students as the target audience, we create and deliver issues directly to subscribers' email inboxes. Our goal is to distribute easily accessible and succinct research summaries to medical students in an engaging and effective manner. Methods: To date, we have 234 subscribers and analyzed data from four recent issues. Open rate was obtained through our email delivery agent, MailChimp. Each issue includes recap questions that assess knowledge from a prior issue; responses to these multiple-choice questions were analyzed. Results On average, 64.6% of subscribers opened our last four newsletters. Of subscribers participating, 57.5% correctly answer recap questions. Limitations Recap questions are made by our team and may not be accurate ways to measure information retention. Participants may have researched answers before submitting responses. Conclusion To our knowledge, Sk(in depth) is the first dermatology- focused newsletter to efficiently deliver novel research findings to medical students. Over half of subscribers open our newsletter, indicating that this format is engaging to medical students. The majority of subscribers participating in quiz questions answer correctly, suggesting that a curated newsletter may be an effective way for students to learn and retain information. Our findings indicate that a regularly emailed newsletter may help reduce the barriers for medical trainees in staying up-to-date with current dermatology research.

Volume

89

Issue

3

First Page

AB223

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