scholarly journals Publishing an open access online journal: Medical Education Online

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jack Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Online Journal

scholarly journals P018: How to get your departmental web content to work for you: one department's experience with free open access medical education

CJEM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (S1) ◽  
pp. S69
Author(s):  
K. Chandra ◽  
D. Lewis ◽  
P. Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
Website Content

Innovation Concept: Free open access medical education (FOAM) is a quickly growing field. While there is an abundance of resources online, and on social media, the quality of those resources should always be questioned and reviewed. Furthermore, as medical learners progress in their training, they become lead consumers and producers of FOAM. Our educational innovation concept was the introduction of two FOAM streams into our residency program to assist learners to produce their own content with mentorship from our emergency medicine faculty. Methods: Medical students and residents training in the emergency department were encouraged to submit content to either our department website in the form of a clinical PEARL, or a research paper to the departmental Cureus online journal. All website content was reviewed by an attending physician and all Cureus content was submitted for further peer review and publication if approved. All published content was shared on social media through our department's Twitter account. A select number of residents were also mentored in reviewing and editing FOAM content and publishing it to our departmental website. Curriculum, Tool or Material: sjrhem.ca is the Saint John Regional Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine's website. A portion of the website is dedicated to posts arising from departmental rounds, case reviews as well as posts from learners in the form of clinical PEARLS. They are designed as succinct and informative clinical summaries and allow learners to share their content to a wider audience online. Cureus.com is an online journal of medical science, with a dedicated Dalhousie Emergency Medicine Channel. The editors are local emergency medicine faculty and senior residents, while reviewers are independent. In the last year, the clinical pearls received 5672 views, and the Cureus channel received 1143 content views. Conclusion: Feedback from learners regarding publication of their own FOAM has been positive and has allowed them to share their content to a much wider audience through our Departmental Website, Cureus Channel and Twitter stream. Furthermore, we are helping to prepare residents to produce their own high quality content, allowing our FOAM program to grow.

scholarly journals Happy birthday Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery: we are two years old!

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3(September-December)) ◽  
pp. e1122021
Author(s):  
Ricardo Santos De Oliveira ◽  
Matheus Fernando Manzolli Ballestero ◽  
Sergio Cavalheiro
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Pediatric Neurosurgery ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
Happy Birthday

An unlikely idea became a reality in June 2019 when we gathered an enthusiastic group and started testing the platform & workflow by OJS/PKP thus turning an idea into something concrete. The next step would be choosing the name of the journal and creating the website. Finally, the choice of the national and international editorial board based on academic and scientific criteria. Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery (APN) was born. We published the very first issue of the APN in September 2019. The decision was to use of the Internet and related technologies as an enabler and infrastructure for health innovations.  The use of information and communication technologies and the web helps to empower patients (not least through peer-to-peer communications), provides a platform for communication, clinical information and telemedicine (these days often through mobile devices), and revolutionizes information access and medical education [1]. We were not only innovating on content, but also on form. We were the first open access electronic-only journal in pediatric neurosurgery, and also, we are on social media as Facebook, Instagram and tweeter. We have different types of publication highlighted the clinical case, video clinical case, and clinical video lecture. Our YouTube channel, together with SBNPed, has a total of 48 videos and  more than a thousand inscriptions. The Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery is a triannual peer-reviewed medical online journal and was recognized in September 2020 as the official publication of the Brazilian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.   We believe APN will contribute in furthering efforts to make our dream a reality getting a pediatric neurosurgery medical journal to be recognize in the world as option to publish original papers, clinical case, video clinical case, and others.   Some statistics related to APN:   MOST DOWNLOADED PDF ARTICLE: Dezena et al. Anatomy of the ventricular system: Historical and morphological aspects MOST READ ABSTRACT: Furlanetti et al. Shunt Technology in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Current options and Scientific Evidence MOST CITED ARTICLE: de Oliveira RS, Ballestero MFM.  The Covid-19 Outbreak and Pediatric Neurosurgery guidelines Submissions Received 112   In two years, APN has published 62 international peer-review medical journals in 5 issues from September, 2019 to August, 2021. All articles are available online and free license to open access and download. All the papers were peer-reviewed (Figure 1). During this period, we included a specialized consultancy and we were able to index the APN in several indexing bases: Google Scholar, Cengage, REDIB, Crossref, Dimensions, and the most recent J-Gate. On this special occasion the editorial office would like to extend their greatest appreciation to all editors, and reviewers who have been supportive, and devoted much of their time and effort in nurturing APN. The journal, in particular, would like to thank the authors for placing their faith in this new, bold journal when it was still in its beginning stages. This continuous support has been pivotal to the development of the journal. In the times to come, APN will remain committed to publishing novel, high-quality, and valuable content. APN endeavors to bring readers the most up-to-date information in a wide variety of fields in the hopes of ultimately benefiting patients, all while ensuring the largest possible readership for all articles published in the journal. In our modern globalized academic community, APN recognizes the importance of international collaborations, and seeks to promote itself as an international journal. We have organized a series of articles focusing on important topics in various fields, and invited international prominent experts to co-author.  Based on data from Google Analytics, APN is gaining momentum and attracting interest from readers.  The number of accesses to abstracts has been increasing progressively since 2019 (Figure 2). As Section Editors, they keep track of the latest and significant research in their areas and recommend international key opinion leaders to review and write editorial comments on those important topics.  We will pursue the serious work and include the APN in more indexing databases, expanding its importance in pediatric neurosurgery.  Yes, it's time to celebrate this incredible achievement! but continue the professional work. Happy Birthday Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery! A long life for everyone!

Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM) for the emergency physician

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P Nickson ◽  
Michael D Cadogan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Emergency Physician

scholarly journals FOAM Impact: The Influence of Open‐access Medical Education on Practice Uptake

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Richard M. Pescatore ◽  
Joshua D. Niforatos ◽  
Salim R. Rezaie ◽  
Anand Swaminathan ◽  
Mizuho Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access

Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) and its relevance to military clinicians

2018 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
M Winstanley ◽  
D Henning ◽  
I Gurney
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Rapid Dissemination ◽  
The Military

AbstractClinicians are expected to regularly update their professional knowledge, and in doing so, they navigate more complex and wide-ranging educational resources, putting greater pressure on their time. Free open-access medical education (FOAM) is an environment led predominantly through social media which enables discussion, education and rapid dissemination of journal articles and other educational material.The Defence Medical Services have many different employment groups spread across a variety of medical specialties. FOAM can provide benefits to military clinicians in promoting and disseminating the work being done, and in terms of recruitment and education of clinical personnel, both in the firm base and in deployed settings. There are several potential pitfalls among FOAM resources which can be addressed by carefully appraising the resources being used and being aware of the possible biases. This article aims to highlight the possible uses of FOAM within the military as well as some methods to help engage users and ensure they are able to negotiate the hazards of the FOAM world.

scholarly journals JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education: An Analysis of a Virtual Discussion on Resident Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlene Chung ◽  
Nicole Battaglioli ◽  
Michelle Lin ◽  
Jonathan Sherbino
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Journal Club ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Wellness Programs ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Online Journal

ABSTRACT Background  Physician well-being is garnering increasing attention. In 2016, the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) published a review by Kristin Raj, MD, entitled “Well-Being in Residency: A Systematic Review.” There is benefit in contextualizing the literature on resident well-being through an academic journal club. Objective  We summarized an asynchronous, online journal club discussion about this systematic review and highlighted themes that were identified in the review. Methods  In January 2017, JGME and the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) blog facilitated an open-access, online, weeklong journal club on the featured JGME article. Online discussions and interactions were facilitated via blog posts and comments, a video discussion on Google Hangouts on Air, and Twitter. We performed a thematic analysis of the discussion and captured web analytics. Results  Over the first 14 days, the blog post was viewed 1070 unique times across 52 different countries. A total of 130 unique participants on Twitter posted 480 tweets using the hashtag #JGMEscholar. Thematic analysis revealed 5 major domains: the multidimensional nature of well-being, measurement of well-being, description of wellness programs and interventions, creation of a culture of wellness, and critique of the methodology of the review. Conclusions  Our online journal club highlighted several gaps in the current understanding of resident well-being, including the need for consensus on the operational definition, the need for effective instruments to evaluate wellness programs and identify residents in distress, and a national research collaboration to assess wellness programs and their impact on resident well-being.

scholarly journals P018: Journal club functions as a community of practice that safeguards quality assurance in the era of free open access medical education: a qualitative study

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S70-S71
Author(s):  
D. Ting ◽  
B. Bailey ◽  
F. Scheuermeyer ◽  
T. Chan ◽  
D. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Journal Club ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
New Literature

Introduction: The ways in which Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians interact with the medical literature has been transformed with the rise of Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM). Although nearly all residents use FOAM resources, some criticize the lack of universal quality assurance. This problem is a particular risk for trainees who have many time constraints and incompletely developed critical appraisal skills. One potential safeguard is journal club, which is used by virtually all EM residency programs in North America to review new literature. However, EM resident perspectives have not been studied. Our research objective was to describe how residents perceive journal club to influence how they translate the medical literature into their clinical practice. Our research question was whether FOAM has influenced residents’ goals and perceived value of journal club. Methods: We developed a semi-structured interview script in conjunction with a methods expert and refined it via pilot testing. Following constructivist grounded theory, and using both purposive and theoretical sampling, we conducted a focus group (n = 7) and 18 individual interviews with EM residents at the 4 training sites of the University of British Columbia. In total, we analyzed 920 minutes of recorded audio. Two authors independently coded each transcript, with discrepancies reconciled by discussion and consensus. Constant comparative analysis was performed. We conducted return of findings through public presentations. Results: We found evidence that journal club works as a community of practice with a progression of roles from junior to senior residents. Participants described journal club as a safe venue to compare practice patterns and to gain insight into the practical wisdom of their peers and mentors. The social and academic activities present at journal club interacted positively to foster this environment. In asking residents about ways that journal club accelerates knowledge translation, we actually found that residents cite journal club as a quality check to prevent premature adoption of new research findings. Residents are hesitant to adopt new literature into their practice without positive validation, which can occur during journal club. Conclusion: Journal club functions as a community of practice that is valued by residents. Journal club is a primary way that new evidence can be validated before being put into practice, and may act as quality assurance in the era of FOAM.

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