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Implementing peer review at an emergency medicine blog: bridging the gap between educators and clinical experts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2015

Brent Thoma ,
Teresa Chan ,
Natalie Desouza  and
Michelle Lin
Brent Thoma*
Affiliation:
Learning Laboratory and Division of Medical Simulation, Department of Emergency Medicine,Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK MedEdLIFE Research Collaborative, San Francisco, CA
Teresa Chan
Affiliation:
MedEdLIFE Research Collaborative, San Francisco, CA Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Natalie Desouza
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Michelle Lin
Affiliation:
MedEdLIFE Research Collaborative, San Francisco, CA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*
Correspondence to: Dr. Brent Thoma, EM Residency Training Program, Room 2686 Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8; brent.thoma@usask.ca

Abstract

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Emergency physicians are leaders in the ‘‘free open-access meducation’’ (FOAM) movement. The mandate of FOAM is to create open-access education and knowledge translation resources for trainees and practicing physicians (e.g., blogs, podcasts, and vodcasts). Critics of FOAM have suggested that because such resources can be easily published online without quality control mechanisms, unreviewed FOAM resources may be erroneous or biased. We present a new initiative to incorporate open, expert, peer review into an established academic medical blog. Experts provided either pre- or postpublication reviews that were visible to blog readers. This article outlines the details of this initiative and discusses the potentially transformative impact of this educational innovation.

Type
Brief Educational Report
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 188 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2015 

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