TY - JOUR
T1 - Four strategies to find, evaluate, and engage with online resources in emergency medicine
AU - Lo, Andrea
AU - Shappell, Eric
AU - Rosenberg, Hans
AU - Thoma, Brent
AU - Ahn, James
AU - Trueger, N. Seth
AU - Chan, Teresa M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - free open access medical education (FOAM)
KW - online educational resources
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U2 - 10.1017/cem.2017.387
DO - 10.1017/cem.2017.387
M3 - Article
C2 - 28893344
AN - SCOPUS:85044143400
VL - 20
SP - 293
EP - 299
JO - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
SN - 1481-8035
IS - 2
ER -