FOAMed Resources Part IX: Residency Program-Sponsored FOAMed
- Jan 16th, 2017
- Brit Long
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Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Attending Physician at SAUSHEC) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital)
Welcome back to the FOAMed Resource Series with Part IX. We have discussed a wide variety of topics including critical care, ultrasound, pediatrics, and toxicology. Today we focus on FOAMed coming to you from residency programs. These sites provide some of the best education out there, so hold on tight for more great educational content!
CORE EM comes straight from FOAMed heavyweight Anand Swaminathan and the NYU EM program. This site focuses on yep, you guessed it, core content. The site provides regular blogposts (including cases, journal club, and core topics), videos, as well as a podcast. It provides free, bread and butter education that is second to none.
Taming the SRU (Shock Resuscitation Unit) from Cincinnati is another major contributor to core content. The site contains a blog focusing on several aspects of emergency medicine including procedures, ultrasound, cases, core content, and education. The site is associated with a podcast, and the “Annals of B-Pod” are downloadable journal-type articles on interesting cases and conditions.
Brown Emergency Medicine publishes great content on cases, core topics, journal reviews, procedural videos, images, and controversial topics in EM. Asynchrony EM is a FOAMed-guided tour of EM topics. The site also has an overview of 52 classic articles in EM.
UMEM education pearls provide almost daily updates on classic EM topics and cutting edge research. The site is easy to use and follow, and all posts are referenced so you can gather more information if needed. The UMEM educational hub contains video lectures from some of the best in EM and critical care – https://umem.org/educational/
The residents of Kings County Hospital ED bring you an up-to-date, evidence-based blog on board review topics, ECGs, clinical cases, critical care, toxicology, pediatrics, radiology, and many others. Content is almost released daily, and oh yeah, they have lectures from grand rounds for those visual learners.
Washington University in St. Louis has put together a great combination of FOAMed content. This sites contains case-based learning, FOAM supplement (a combination of great FOAMed topics), EMS cases (brought in by ambulance), consultant teachings, challenging cases, and classic and challenging ECGs. The residency’s journal club is also available, with discussions on key topics vital to everyday practice.
NUEM comes from Northwestern University EM. This blog contains content on new literature, dogma in EM, and interesting cases, broken down by organ system. Each post is well written and referenced, as well as peer reviewed by a staff expert in the subject.
Sinai EM is a great blog that provides several posts per week focusing on imaging, cases, controversy, and literature updates. The vast majority of EM content is well represented. They also cover the core literature, focusing on one article in one week.
Carolinas Core Concepts comes from the CMC EM residency program. The blog contains several categories, each providing valuable content. Core Concepts provides you with the basics for success in EM through bullet point reviews. The site also contains resident driven blogs including ortho, cardiology, tox, and peds, as well as attending blogs on coding/billing, ultrasound, and health policy.
EM DAILY from Cooper University Health Care gives you great educational pearls. Every day of the week focuses on a specific topic, with basics on Monday, advanced techniques on Tuesday, radiology on Wednesday, conference on Thursday, critical care on Friday, Wellness on Saturday, along with several others. A weekly summary is provided on Sunday for those who desire an all-in-one stop.
The EMBlog from the Mayo Clinic EM Program provides a platform for FOAMed focusing on new and controversial studies, resident education, social medicine, shared decision making, and disposition. This blog’s strength is in its coverage of topics not covered elsewhere in FOAMed, specifically the social aspects of our care in the ED. You don’t want to miss this resource.
Las Vegas EMR contains posts including bread and butter topics in EM, while also evaluating myths and dogma in daily EM practice. Conference videos on lectures are provided on the site, giving learners of all levels access to more content. All posts are well referenced as well.
HQMedED comes from Hennepin County Medical Center. This site is a collection of online videos and lectures on EM topics ranging from procedures, ECG, pediatrics, critical care, and toxicology, as well as core content. This is a great resource for visual learners.
The Temple EM Residency blog provides regular updates in common EM topics through an evaluation of the most current literature. Posts are provided at least once per week, though more commonly this occurs several times per week. If you want to stay up to date on relevant literature, this is the blog for you.
This is not an all-encompassing list, and if you like other resident-run blogs, please comment below! Stay tuned for more in the series.
Don’t pass by Boston Medical Center/Boston University’s recently launched site: https://bostoncityem.com