COME JOIN THE

FOAM PARTY

A talk by CHRIS NICKSON

http://litfl.org/umsc2014

http://litfl.org/umsc2014

FREEOPENACCESSMEDUCATION

SUCK

DON’TSUCK

99%

1%

Presentations

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

Giles S Brindley

Photo by JD Hancock

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

http://freeemergencytalks.net/2010/06/joe-lex-how-to-give-a-damn-good-talk-slides-and-sound/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2012/02/how-to-give-an-unforgettable-talk/

WHAT IS

FOAM?

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/foam/

FOAM =

Social Media

FOAM =

Social Media

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/03/flipped-classroom-future-medicine.html

“…and to teach them this art

— if they desire to learn it — WITHOUT fee and covenant”

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/from-hippocrates-to-osler-to-foam/

Photo from https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/osler/oslerbio

FOAM

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/blog-news/litfl-review/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/education/rr-in-the-fastlane/

CASE-BASED Q&As

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2010/03/laboratory-tester-003/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2010/02/ucem-announces-electropenogram/http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ecg-library/

ECG LIBRARY

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/exams/ucem/

BECOME A F.UCEM

IT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER…

>10 million page views with>40,000 page views daily

WE ARE NOT ALONE!

Photo by JD Hancock

Taking the world by STORM

279 EMCC blogs

in 30 Countries

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/emcc-blog-update-2013/

A waste of time?

#Hashtags tie tweets together

#FOAMed#FOAMcc #FOAMped #FOAM4gp

#smaccGOLD

#smaccGOLD

BENEFITS OF

FOAM

Translate and disseminate knowledge

What aboutPeer Review?

Publishthen

Filter

Image from http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/radical-reform-for-peer-review.html

Source unknown

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/

Flip the Classroom

That’s just in time…

Photo credit: stefan

Tacit knowledge sharing

Create your ownDigital Footprint

PROBLEMS WITH

FOAM

Photos of Sir William Osler from www.collectionscanada.gc.ca

Nothing replaces the bedside mentor

License

Image credit: zipckr

INFORMATIONOVERLOAD

Filter Failure

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/information-overload/

“I don’t have time not to use social media”

Bertalan Mesco

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/information-overload/

10 ways to face your

fear…

Photo credit: stefan (on flickr) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike

1. Relax!2. Know your knowledge needs

3. Build a one stop shop4. Search selectively5. Be smart, be social

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/information-overload/

6. Follow the leaders7. Find fabulous filters

8. Bathe in the flow9. Go mobile

10. Find focus, time tasks and firewall your attention

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/information-overload/

CAVEAT EMPTOR

Think critically

Lobotomise, blood let,

and perform EGDT!

How doYOU

judge quality?

1. Identifiable author?2. Qualifications?

3. Conflicts of interest?4. Are the arguments logical?

5. Do the facts check out?6. References?

7. Who recommends it?8. Responses to queries?

A jackass in the real

world will be a jackass online

Photo by publicenergy

Where is theFOAM

Curriculum?

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2013/03/we-dont-need-no-foam-curriculum/

Photo by MisterSnappy

TO GET #FOAMed

Photo from The Matrix

Don’t get left behind

http://iteachem.net/2013/06/ten-tips-for-foam-beginners/

1. Sign up to Twitter2. Register as a FOAM user

3. Don’t be anonymous4. Be professional

5. Be active

http://iteachem.net/2013/06/ten-tips-for-foam-beginners/

6. Be generous7. The more you put in…

8. Use key FOAM resources9. Use filters, be a filter

10. Have fun!

http://iteachem.net/2013/06/ten-tips-for-foam-beginners/

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/blog-news/litfl-review/

aka FOAM SEARCHhttp://googlefoam.com

http://litfl.org/umsc2014

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/04/laws-for-the-navigation-of-life/

The 22nd of Peter Safar’s Laws for the Navigation of Life

It is up to us to

save the world!

http://litfl.org/umsc2014