1. Technology and Social Media
Michelle Lin, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Academy Endowed Chair for EM Education
Michelle.Lin@emergency.ucsf.edu
2.
3. Producer
of Content
Active participant
in discussions
Active consumer
of information (lurker)
Just starting
4. How do these fit in with my medical education?
Blogs Twitter Podcasts Evernote
FOAM and #FOAMed
Free Open Access Meducation
“Medical education for anyone, anywhere, anytime”
(LifeInTheFastLane.com)
5. If you want to know how we practiced medicine 5 years ago,
read a textbook.
If you want to know how we practiced medicine 2 years ago,
read a journal.
If you want to know how we practice medicine now,
go to a good conference.
If you want to know how we will practice medicine in the future,
listen in the hallways and use FOAM.
— Joe Lex, International EM
Education Efforts & E-Learning 2012
6. The Starter Kit for EM
Blogs
• LifeInTheFastLane.com
• AcademicLifeInEM.blogspot.com
• EMLitOfNote.com
• ShortCoatsInEM.blogspot.com
• Sonospot.wordpress.com
7. The Starter Kit for EM
Video Tutorials
• EKGumem.tumblr.com
• Patwari Academy videos at my ALiEM blog
8. The Starter Kit for EM
Podcasts
• EMCrit.org
• TheSGEM.com (The Skeptic’s Guide to EM)
• UltrasoundPodcast.com
9. The Starter Kit for EM
Twitter
• Digital watercooler in medical education
• Top 26 accounts to follow:
https://twitter.com/FOAMstarter
21. The time to join FOAMed is now.
1. Start slow.
2. Learn something new every day.
3. Be skeptical of content.
4. Be respectful of others and patient privacy. Don’t use
social media to vent.
5. Don’t be shy. Comment, participate, engage.