scholarly journals Free open access medical education: a critical appraisal of techniques for quality assessment and content discovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Grock ◽  
William Paolo
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Content Discovery

scholarly journals Four strategies to find, evaluate, and engage with online resources in emergency medicine

CJEM ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Lo ◽  
Eric Shappell ◽  
Hans Rosenberg ◽  
Brent Thoma ◽  
James Ahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Emergency Physicians ◽  
Online Educational Resources ◽  
Effective Use

AbstractDespite the rapid expansion of online educational resources for emergency medicine, barriers remain to their effective use by emergency physicians and trainees. This article expands on previous descriptions of techniques to aggregate online educational resources, outlining four strategies to help learners navigate, evaluate, and contribute online. These strategies include 1) cultivating digital mentors, 2) browsing the most popular free open access medical education (FOAM) websites, 3) using critical appraisal tools developed for FOAM, and 4) contributing new online content.

Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM) for the emergency physician

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P Nickson ◽  
Michael D Cadogan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Emergency Physician

scholarly journals FOAM Impact: The Influence of Open‐access Medical Education on Practice Uptake

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Richard M. Pescatore ◽  
Joshua D. Niforatos ◽  
Salim R. Rezaie ◽  
Anand Swaminathan ◽  
Mizuho Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access

Open access colonoscopy: Critical appraisal of indications, quality metrics and outcomes

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 940-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rony Ghaoui ◽  
Sheryl Ramdass ◽  
Jennifer Friderici ◽  
David J. Desilets
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Quality Metrics

Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) and its relevance to military clinicians

2018 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
M Winstanley ◽  
D Henning ◽  
I Gurney
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Rapid Dissemination ◽  
The Military

AbstractClinicians are expected to regularly update their professional knowledge, and in doing so, they navigate more complex and wide-ranging educational resources, putting greater pressure on their time. Free open-access medical education (FOAM) is an environment led predominantly through social media which enables discussion, education and rapid dissemination of journal articles and other educational material.The Defence Medical Services have many different employment groups spread across a variety of medical specialties. FOAM can provide benefits to military clinicians in promoting and disseminating the work being done, and in terms of recruitment and education of clinical personnel, both in the firm base and in deployed settings. There are several potential pitfalls among FOAM resources which can be addressed by carefully appraising the resources being used and being aware of the possible biases. This article aims to highlight the possible uses of FOAM within the military as well as some methods to help engage users and ensure they are able to negotiate the hazards of the FOAM world.

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