This document discusses FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical education) and its benefits. It is divided into three parts. Part 1 defines FOAMed and explains why social media is used for medical education. Part 2 provides examples of FOAMed in action through blogs, podcasts, conferences and training programs. Part 3 addresses five common concerns with FOAMed: issues of academic rigour, reliability of information, whether it is just a passing trend, its benefit to educators, and perceptions of technical difficulty. The document advocates that FOAMed can augment learning when content is presented in a learner-centric, problem-oriented style and knowledge is translated and shared in a social context.

1. FOAMed & the ‘Net’
Generation of Educators &
Learners
Disclaimer
Dr Shweta Gidwani
Emergency Medicine Consultant
6th Feb 2014
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3 parts
Part 1: What is FOAMed? Why?
Part 2: Examples of FOAMed in action
Part 3: 5 reasons against FOAMed
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3. FOAMed
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Why SoMe?
“ I have always imagined the
information space as something to
which everyone has immediate and
intuitive access, and not just to
browse, but to create”
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Learning
Gathering
Knowledge
Translating
Knowledge
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor WWW
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4. 1. Information
Relevant (problem oriented)
Learner centric
Presentation style
Swiss cheese model
of learning
Ref:: Windham, C (2005) The student’s perspective. In D
G Oblinger (eds) Educating the net generation
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Benefits of Digital
Instruction
1. Asynchronous
2. Individual
3. Intrinsic Motivation
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2. Contextualising
Knowledge
translation is a social
phenomenon
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5. Not about technology
- but how it is used
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Flipped Classroom
The ‘Sage on the Stage” teacher
becomes the ‘Guide on the Side’
Mike Cadagon
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6. Realising the potential of
the ‘Collective’
&
Personalising the experience
of the ‘Individual’
FOAMed
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Journal Club
25th Sept
Part 2:
Examples of FOAMed
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#ALiEMJC
22nd Jan
#ALiEMJC
Transcript
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7. Blogs
Podcasts
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Conference
Training Programs
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8. Augment learning
Listen for
Skeptical Sighs
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Part 3: Top 5 reasons
against SoMe
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#1. Academic
Rigour
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9. Open Access
Journals
Open post publication
crowd sourced peer review
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The HONcode
1. Authority - qualification of author
#2 Reliable?
2. Complementarity - support not replace
3. Confidentiality
4. Attribution - cites sources, dates
5. Justifiability -balanced/objective claims
6.Transparency - accessible, contact
details
7.Financial Disclosure
8.Advertising - clearly distinguished
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10. #3. This is just a
FAD
Social Media Index
@Brent_Thoma
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11. #4. It doesn't help me? the Educators Perspective
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#5. I’m not
Technical
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12. Tools
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FOAM is bubbling up
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
SKEPTICAL
WHEN IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT
“By sharing our specific skills, intuition,
anecdotes, templates and experiences we
can create an an online experiential
learning paradigm which will launch
medical education and research into a
new era of understanding “
@JoeLex
IS THIS AN N=1 TIP/ INNOVATION
INVOLVE YOUR COLLEAGUES (& PATIENTS)
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