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The Fall of FOAM
by Michael Gisondi, MD
Oct 19, 2022
The landscape of emergency medicine and critical care (EM/CC) blogs and podcasts has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. The number of fre...
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Need your help: A master list of free EM and Critical Care blog and podcast sites
Calling all who read or listen to emergency medicine/critical care (EM/CC) blogs or podcasts. In 2014, we helped to publish the master inventory of...
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Holiday Gift Guide for ALiEM Readers: Top 5 Favorite Tech Tools
Technology continues to integrate with our life -- for better and worse. Our team felt that the following 5 tech tools added value and joy to our l...
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Reading from the Silver Linings Playbook: The ALiEM Connect Project
It feels like yesterday that we were sheltered-in-place, staring at our computers, wondering, “So now what?” As COVID-19 paused all in-person educ...
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Little Big Med Podcast: Gender Equity in Medicine
It’s time to talk about gender equity in medicine. Significant gender disparities exist in both healthcare institutions and professional societies....
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All-EM Residency Graduation Extravaganza: Save the Date
We invite all of you to join the first-ever all-EM residency graduation event to celebrate the #EMClassof2020 who are embarking on their professio...
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Welcoming PECARN to Twitter
Our organization has always been a champion and fan of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) research collaborative. We jo...
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Announcing a new curriculum for medical students: Bridge to EM
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were already planning to launch Bridge to Emergency Medicine (EM). This 8-week curriculum provides a structured ...
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Winner of the 2020 ALiEM-EEM Fellowship Contest: Dr. Mark Ramzy
After receiving numerous high-quality submissions, we are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) Educat...
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Is Digital Attendance Enough?
Many medical schools have responded to student requests and begun to record and stream didactic lectures. Students report watching these lectu...
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APPLY NOW: 2020 Essentials of Emergency Medicine Education Fellowship Program
The 2020 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) conference is in May 2020, but opportunities start NOW. This conference is one of the largest l...
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Beyond the Abstract | Resident Motivations and Experiences in Listening to Educational Podcasts
Podcasts are all the rage these days, and it is not surprising that some residents spend more time with podcasts than any other educational resourc...
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ALiEM 2019 Gram Rounds Winner
Last month, ALiEM launched a one-of-a-kind social media contest on Instagram to find the most innovative emergency medicine residency education pro...
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ALiEM “Gram” Rounds | Contest Announcement!
In January of 2019, ALiEM was able to continue leveraging the power of social media by delivering high quality educational content to Instagram...
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ALiEM is Growing
You’ve probably noticed by now, but ALiEM is going through some pretty significant changes–especially in the way that the site looks and feels. We...
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Top 5 Reasons to Join the 2019-20 Chief Resident Incubator
The ALiEM Chief Resident Incubator (“CRincubator”) launches its fifth class today. Every year’s class has a unique personality with wide-reac...
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Winner of the 2019 ALiEM-EEM Fellowship Contest: Dr. Tim Montrief
After receiving numerous high-quality submissions, we are proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) Educatio...
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Post It Pearls initiative is moving from Twitter to Instagram
My 2017 new year’s resolution was to create brief educational pearls on shift called Post It Pearls, which I published to Twitter. I have increasin...
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Instagram: The next frontier for ALiEM in digital education
For almost a decade, ALiEM has been on the forefront of digital education in emergency medicine. By leveraging the power of social media, we have b...
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How to Cite Podcasts, Videos, and Blogs in a Publication
As medical education podcasts, videos, and blogs continue to grow in popularity it is crucial that we cite them correctly in traditional publicatio...
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Citing Audio and Video Publications on Your CV
Medical education is changing and so too are the types of publications with high impact. No longer do we live in a world where traditional journal ...
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ALiEM Awards 2017: Congratulations to Our Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 ALiEM Awards! We reviewed some truly incredible submissions in all 3 categories – all were high caliber!...
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APPLY NOW: 2018 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) Education Fellowship Program
The Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) conference is in May 2018, but opportunities start NOW. This conference is one of the largest live EM ed...
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26 Best Wellness Apps for Emergency Physicians | A Wellness Think Tank Initiative
If you have spent any time working in an emergency department in the last 10 years, you have undoubtedly come across a conversation about wellness ...
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Announcing a Crowdsourced Wellness Initiatives Database for EM Residency Programs
“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.” – Plato
The rigors of post-graduate training can strain even the most stoic of reside...
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Welcome our ALiEM Deputy Editor in Chief: Dr. Derek Monette
It is with distinct pleasure that we announce our newest ALiEM team member, Dr. Derek Monette. Derek is a senior EM resident at the Harvard Affilia...
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Winner of EEM Education Fellowship Contest: Dr. Moises Gallegos
After receiving numerous high-quality submissions, we are proud to announce the winner of the 2017 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EEM) Education...
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Thriving, Not Surviving, in Residency: JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education Journal Club
This year’s JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education journal club features the systematic review on residency wellness recently published in the ...
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2017-18 ALiEM Faculty Incubator: 6 reasons why we are excited about Round 2!
We simply have been unable to contain our excitement! You may have heard whispers on the internet, but we can now confirm that indeed, the rumors ...
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Introducing In-Line Expert Peer Review: Advancing the State of Academic Blogging
A peer review process, in one form or another, has long been the de facto standard for academic publishing. In 2013, ALiEM was the first FOAM resou...
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Interview with Drs. Michael Callaham and Ellen Weber: Behind the scenes of journal peer review
As part of the ALiEM Faculty Incubator Program, Dr. Mike Callaham (Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Emergency Medicine) and Dr. Ellen Weber (Editor-in-...
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Introducing CME for ALiEM via FOAMbase
Ever wish you could get Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit for the Free Open Access Meducation (FOAM) you already consume? We are excited to...
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Welcome to the FemInEM Job Board
The first question people ask when they hear about the new FemInEM job board is “Why would you have a job board just for women?” I smile briefly, a...
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New initiative: Wellness Think Tank for EM residents
The issues of wellness, burnout, and resiliency have snowballed across nearly all health professions. Emergency Medicine (EM) specifically was sing...
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A Starter’s Roadmap to EM Resources: Books, Websites, and Apps
With the start of the year, we welcomed a new group of faces into our respective residency programs. We can all still remember how daunting it was ...
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Using Slack for Residency Communication – Do’s and Dont’s
One of the most difficult parts of residency and medical education is coordination and communication. Often residents and faculty alike can be foun...
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AIR Series and AIR-Pro Series are moving to ALiEMU!
The ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Pro series are moving from this ALiEM blog, which uses embedded Google Forms for quizzes ...
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Free ALiEM In-Training Exam Prep Book is now published
It is with great pleasure that we announce the first edition of the ALiEM In-Training Exam Prep Book in both PDF and iBook form. This free book was...
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Top 5 FOAM Radiology Resources: ALiEM Chief Resident Incubator Recommendations
There is no shortage of free open access medical education (FOAM) resources available to the current emergency medicine (EM) learner. It seems that...
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Trick-of-the-Trade: IV Compatibility Information at Your Fingertips
We often have less than optimal IV access to administer fluids, blood products, and medications in sick ED patients. If more than one medication ne...
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Congrats to Dr. Delphine Huang: 2016 ALiEM-Essentials of EM Fellow
We are incredibly honored and excited to announce the contest winner for the ALiEM-hosted 2016 Essentials of Emergency Medicine (EM) Fellow positio...
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ALiEM Awards 2016: A Call for Nominations
ALiEM is proud to announce the 2016 Call for Award Nominations. We believe in supporting the hard work, creativity, and scholarly output that is en...
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Social Media Index: Entering the Debate
On February 1, 2016, the St Emlyn’s blog published a post by notable FOAMite Dr. Simon Carley (@EMManchester) that critiqued the Social Media Index...
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Naming contest for ACEP initiative on quality improvement – $250 prize
Are you creative? Got a knack for acronyms and catchy names? Want to have bragging rights on naming a major American College of Emergency Physician...
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Top 5 Reasons to Join the ALiEM Fellowship Incubator: The “Fincubator”
We are thrilled to announce our newest project in the Incubator series, the ALiEM Fellowship Incubator! Modeled after and building on lessons learn...
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ALiEM Faculty Incubator: Top 5 reasons we are excited about this opportunity for educator-scholars
There is a great need for faculty development, also known as professional development, in medicine and more specifically medical education. A recen...
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The quality checklists for health professions blogs and podcasts
The use of blogs and podcasts within health professions education is rapidly increasing, especially among emergency medicine and critical care lear...
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Best mobile apps for the emergency department (2015 ACEP Live talks)
At the recent 2015 ACEP Scientific Assembly in Boston, many of emergency medicine’s (EM) finest speakers arrived to share their expertise with the ...
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5 Scheduling Software Options in the Emergency Department: An In-Depth Review
From the dawn of Emergency Medicine, the tradition of schedule creation has been an arduous task handed down from chief to chief. Only the most mas...
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PV Card: One Minute Preceptor – NERDS Mnemonic
As we transition into the new academic year, rising senior residents and new attendings will face a difficult challenge: precepting a medical stude...
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