The next session of #RheumJC will be on Thursday, April 2nd, and we’re pleased to announce we’ll be discussing the special article from Arthritis Care & Research: Proceedings From the American College of Rheumatology Reproductive Health Summit: The Management of Fertility, Pregnancy, and Lactation in Women With Autoimmune and Systemic Inflammatory Diseases by Kavanaugh, A. and Cush, J. et al.

The session will again be run with two one-hour “live chats” at 8pm GMT (3pm EST) and 2am GMT (9pm EST).

We’re happy to announce that Wiley publishing (@Wiley_Health) has again agreed to make the article available open-access until April 10th using this link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1002/acr.22516/?campaign=wlytk–42083.4393981481.

We’re also pleased that author Dr. John Cush (@RheumNow) has agreed to join the sessions to answer questions (because of clinic duties, likely more available during the second session of the day).

Dr. John Cush is a rheumatologist at the Baylor University Medical Center and is Director of Clinical Rheumatology for Baylor Research Institute. He is highly highly active on social media, and his twitter account is a must-follow for anyone that works in the field of rheumatology.

If you are new to using Twitter, take a look at our Intro to Twitter page.

If you are participating in a Twitter journal club chat for the first time, please read our Getting Started Guide to get some tips on how to make the most of this session and not get too bogged down. Some additional pointers:

1. Please remember to try to stay on topic whenever possible
2. Be polite and courteous
3. Do not violate HIPAA

As always, we welcome suggestions for future articles for discussion. Please send your suggestions by Direct Message on Twitter to @RheumJC or email us at rheumjc@gmail.com.

A huge thank you goes out to Lois Wingerson at @RheumatologyNet for putting together this excellent slideshow summary of our 2nd #RheumJC:

Rheumatology Network:

Rheumatology Journal Club #2: Rituximab for AAV Relapse.

Some analysis for round 2 of #RheumJC

Overall (combined sessions and time between and after) there were 46 total participants

• 20 people had participated in last month’s journal club (round 1)
• 26 people were new
• 17 different countries were represented

Compared to last month, there were 10 fewer total participants

• The total number of rheumatologists stayed the same (26 in round 1, 25 in round 2)
• 8 rheumatologists participated in both rounds 1 and 2
• 17 new rheumatologists participated in rounds 2
• Most of the attrition was from nephrology ( #NephJC occurring at same time as session 2, and “other” unidentifiable participants)

For the full 24 hours, there were 518 total tweets – 387 unique tweets and 117 RTs

• Compared to round 1 – very similar: 506 total tweets – 410 unique tweets and 96 RTs

Of the 46 participants, the top 10 tweeters accounted for 75% of the total tweets

Session 1 (3pm EST)

• 23 participants (11 Europe, 12 Americas)
• 6 people participated again in session 2 (9pm EST)
• There were 188 total tweets – 160 unique tweets and 22 RTs
• Eli (@emilosla), our invited author, squeezed of 44 unique tweets!

Session 2 (9pm EST)

• 17 participants (14 Americas, 1 India, 1 Australia, 1 unknown)
• There were 240 total tweets – 189 unique tweets and 51 RTs

Of the 6 people who participated in both of the live one hour sessions, which included both moderators, they were pretty enthusiastic tweeters accounting for 43% of the total tweets for session 1 and 75% of the tweets from session 2

The 6 people were:

• @anakinramd
• @elanaoberstein
• @hswapnil
• @psufka
• @hausmannmd (as himself for session 1 and as @rheumjc for session 2)
• @rheumpearls (as himself for session 2 and as @rheumjc for session 1)

Symplur metrics from session 1:

Symplur metrics from session 2: