@GeriMedJC is gaining followers all over the world!

This has been an exciting week for #GeriMedJC. The moderator account,@GeriMedJC, now has 78 followers including physicians, other allied health care workers, and organizations from all over the world. This should make for a very lively discussion for the first tweet chat Geriatric Medicine Journal Club on August 29, 2014 at 08:00 EDT / noon GMT.

According to Tweetreach, a number of impressions have also been made:

This blog is also getting a few views from around the world, including Zambia.  Welcome!  Hearing what geriatric medicine is like internationally would be of great interest!

Don't forget to read the two articles in advance of the first #GeriMedJC tweet chat on August 29, 2014 at 08:00 EDT / noon GMT:

Long article (45 minutes is dedicated to discussion in the live version of the journal club):
The CAM-S: development and validation of a new scoring system for delirium severity in 2 cohorts. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Apr 15;160(8):526-33. 
Access the article here.

Short article (15 minutes is dedicated to discussion in the live version of the journal club):
Multidimensional Frailty Score for the Prediction of Postoperative Mortality Risk. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(7):633-640. 
Access the article here.