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

Andrea Lo; Eric Shappell; Hans Rosenberg; Brent Thoma; James Ahn; N. Seth Trueger; Teresa M. Chan

doi:10.1017/cem.2017.387

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

Andrea Lo^*, Eric Shappell, Hans Rosenberg, Brent Thoma, James Ahn, N. Seth Trueger, Teresa M. Chan

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Emergency Medicine

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Abstract

Despite 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	293-299
Number of pages	7
Journal	Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/cem.2017.387
State	Published - Mar 1 2018

Keywords

free open access medical education (FOAM)
online educational resources

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Emergency Medicine

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