FOAMed

• Vetting FOAM

  Author: Jason Hine, MD FAAEM Originally Published: Common Sense May/June 2017 Emergency medicine is a relatively young specialty. Compared to internal medicine and surgery, the two pillars of medicine, it is essentially a toddler. But with this youthfulness comes an advantage. It has allowed us to be on the forefront of medical education’s evolution. We […]
• Haney Mallemat on Technology’s Role in EM Education and Training

  Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Ali Farzad, MD, AAEM/RSA Publications Committee Chair Author: Linda J. Kesselring, MS, ELS, Copyeditor Originally published: Common Sense July/August 2013 This article marks the last of a series that has aimed to highlight how you can use simple technology to make your learning more efficient and effective. In previous interviews with […]
• FOAM at the Bedside

  In this episode, Puja Gopal, MD and Michael Gottlieb, MD RDMS Gottlieb discuss how to use FOAM for a teaching tool at the bedside and best practices for using FOAM as a teaching tool. Dr. Gopal is a resident at University of Illinois at Chicago and ’17-‘18 RSA Education Committee Chair. Dr. Gottlieb is an Instructor at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rush Medical College and 2017 AAEM Young Physicians Section Vice President.
• A FOAM Favela

  Photo Credit: Flickr Dany13 Author: Sean Weaver, DO MPH and Nathan Cleveland, MD MSUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine Originally Published: Common Sense, November/December 2015 Favela is a term from Brazilian Portuguese that refers to a heavily populated, urban, informal settlement. In other words, a shanty town. Born out of necessity, favelas look disorganized, haphazard, […]
• How to Dive into the FOAMed Movement

  Authors: Meaghan Mercer, DO, University of Nevada, Las Vegas                AAEM/RSA President                 Mary Calderone, MSIV, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago                Medical Student Council President What is FOAM? — This is not the future of medicine, it is medical education NOW! Like many great ideas that evolve in medicine, the concept of FOAM (Free Open […]
• FOAM — This is not the future of medicine, it is medical education NOW!

  Originally Published: Common Sense, Jul/Aug 2013 Original Author: Meaghan Mercer, DO AAEM/RSA President Like many great ideas in medicine, the concept of FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) project was born in a pub over a pint of Guinness. Doctors Mike Cadogan and Chris Nickson, from www.lifeinthefastlane.com (LITFL), recognized that social media has changed how we […]

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