ID Digital Institute (IDDI)
What is IDDI?
The ID Digital Institute is a free program that aims to facilitate collaboration among ID educators as they explore the use of digital technology for learning and teaching. IDDI participants will be guided through a one-year curriculum focused on digital education skills, such as blogs, infographics, podcasts, and more!
Our vision is that program alumni will remain part of the ongoing IDDI global community of practice and will help build effective and compelling content for our ID world!
Applications for 2026 are open!
Thank you for your interest in IDDI!
Please find the application form here!
Digital platforms have become increasingly ubiquitous for teaching and learning medicine among trainees and faculty. Medical educators need to be adept with these digital mediums and social media platforms to evolve and adapt, but many may find getting started overwhelming. Creation and curation of effective digital education resources as well as engagement in social media are skill sets that can be built with training and practice.
The goal of the ID Digital Institute is to cultivate leaders of digital education in infectious diseases by fostering skills, competence, and professionalism using digital platforms and social media.
- Recognize and master essential/foundational digital education platforms, such as social media, blogs, visual communications, and podcasts
- Create content and determine the appropriate digital mediums for teaching about relevant ID topics
- Apply professionalism best practices with social media interactions
- Facilitate peer mentorship, promote academic advancement, and grow a community of digital educators within ID
IDDI Rotations
The IDDI curriculum exposes learners to the diverse aspects of digital education and social media as well as provides opportunities to directly participate in projects. There are six primary rotations/modules.
Introduction & Best Practices
Social Networking
Online Tools: Websites/Blogs & Gamification
Visual Communications
Podcasts
*New for 2026* Use of AI for Medical Education
The curriculum is built with customization in mind — participants learn about all topics but are also able to focus on specific topics that align with their goals and ongoing projects. A quick summary of the rotations are noted below:
The core introductory block assists participants in understanding the current scope, breadth, and role of digital education in medicine and infectious diseases. Learners will establish their social media mission and apply best practices related to social media etiquette. This introduction block will also weave in basic background theory for effective teaching strategies for adult learners, which will be noted in future rotations.
- Learners will also be introduced to project management and educational portfolio design, which they will continue to work on throughout the longitudinal program
Building off of the previous block, learners will take a deeper dive into the use of social media platforms to create educational content
Participants will learn the basics of website/blog management and will be provided mentorship on the creation of individual blog posts if they are interested. In addition to competence with fundamental website design, learners will also compare digital platforms that provide question delivery and gamification tools for learning. They will use best practices to create formative questions to share with ID trainees.
Learners will rotate through visual communications to focus on the principles and strategies for creating effective multimedia educational materials. This will focus on developing a comfort with infographic and visual abstract construction, and active participation will help develop transferable skills that are instrumental for future publications and digital education resources. In addition, learners can also focus on educational videos as well if they desire.
Participants will learn the process behind the production of a podcast episode or series so that they master the basic skills of script production, recording, and editing. In addition, learners will be able to describe strategies to incorporate podcasts into teaching.
New for 2026 and based on feedback from prior fellows, we will be adding a section on AI and it’s use in medical education. We hope to provide a general introduction and practical examples of how to potentially incorporate into teaching.
- IDDI Incubator Sessions: Along with the rotations above, the program will offer additional opportunities through our IDDI Incubators! These are standing synchronous sessions are held monthly to allow the IDDI Fellows to interact with experts in digital education and one another. These will provide opportunities to discuss various topics in social media/digital education as well as time for the IDDI community to share ongoing progress on various projects. All of these conferences will be recorded so that they can be viewed at another time.
- Educational Theory: Although introduced in the first block, concepts from fundamental learning theories will be built into and reinforced throughout the subsequent blocks. This will help program participants understand items such as creating educational objectives, matching appropriate digital tools to content, and how to construct an project in the future
- Educational portfolios and academic advancement: During the program, participants will build and edit their personal educational portfolio with advice on incorporating digital education into their careers from various experts in this space
Thanks to our IDDI Alumni!
Check out some of the great work that folks in the IDDI community have worked on!
- Paul Bunce (IDDI 2025): FirstCallID is a resource for ID teaching built on making complex topics approachable, relevant, and ready to use. You can find quick teaching sessions with videos such as “how to do an ID consultation” on the webpage/Youtube as well as “The Host Response” podcast!
- Other members from the most recent IDDI 2025 class have built infographics, educational videos, and even interactive cases via online software called Twine. So exciting!
- Yazmin Heredia (IDDI 2024): These #IDLove podcast episodes on The Clinical Problem Solvers are excellent resources on ID topics
- Taka Matsuo (IDDI 2024): Check out the 1-min ID consult! These small bite-sized learning infographics provide a brief ID summary for busy residents and fellows. Give his Bluesky account a follow! https://bsky.app/profile/1min-idconsult.bsky.social
- Rahul Anand (IDDI 2024): Check out this Quinnipiac podcast “Learning to Lead“, which focuses on the development of healthcare leaders through conversation around experiences, foundational leadership concepts, and leadership “hacks”. Rahul also has a Substack “On leading in healthcare“
- Did you see the new Dr Fungus app? That was designed by Matthew Pullen (IDDI 2023), and offers a free practical resource with case studies, medication guides, and trial updates.
Some group IDDI photos from prior years!
