The slides is the oral presentation in 2018 European Emergency Medicine Congress in Glascow, UK, introducing the development and experience of Emergency Medicine Residents Network (EMRN), a social media based group focused on networking and collaboration of emergency medicine residents.

1. Social media platform facilitate
networking and collaboration between
domestic and international
emergency medicine residents
Ching-Hsing Lee, M.D.1, Chen-Mei Hsu, M.D.2, Hao-Yang Lin, M.D.,3
Shao-Feng Liao, M.D.1, Cheng-Heng Liu, M.D.3
1Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
2Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
3National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

2. Demographics:
Population: 23 millions
Emergency physicians: 1631
Primary board: 20 years

3. Residents/year
Training programs

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5. Challenges we face
•Separate and small training programs
•Shift work and rotation training
•Decreased peer learning, resource
sharing, networking

6. Solutions we provide
•Social media based networking
•Volunteer core members from diverse
hospitals
•Collaborate with Taiwan Society of
Emergency Medicine (TSEM)

7. Emergency Medicine Residents Network (EMRN)
launched on Facebook in December 2015

8. Framework of EMRN
•Networking and Collaboration
•Domestic and International
•Creation and Curation
•Online and Offline
•Medical knowledge and Soft skills

9. Taiwan and Hong Kong EM Residents’ Forum

10. Interviews with EM Physicians

11. Emergency Department Visit

12. EM Residents Lecture Competition

13. What we achieved
• 2720 members from 28 countries/territories
• 1617 posts, 2727 comments, and 41950 likes
• 15 episodes of mini-interviews
• 3 Talk with senior EM physicians
• 2 e-books
• 2 EM residents lecture competitions
• Taiwan and Hong Kong EM residents’ forum

14. Lessons we learned
•Make it fun
•Make it rewarding
•Make it sustainable

17. Conclusions
SoMe platform facilitates
• Resources sharing
• Peer learning
• Networking
• Collaboration
Between domestic and international
residential training programs

19. Ching-Hsing Lee, MD
lancetlee@gmail.com
@ChingHsing_Lee
Ching-Hsing Lee