Background Free open‐access medical education (FOAM) is extremely popular among
learners and educators despite lacking the traditional peer review process. Despite the …

BACKGROUND Medical knowledge outpaces the rate of publication in traditional journals.
The need to incorporate a structured assessment of FOAM resources is now more critical …

We read with particular interest and enthusiasm the article written by Dr. Grock et al.,
describing his team's strategy to search for, collate, categorize, and assess the quality and …

Emergency physicians are leaders in the ''free open-access meducation''(FOAM) movement.
The mandate of FOAM is to create open-access education and knowledge translation …

Background Much of the skepticism toward online educational resources (OER s) in
emergency medicine (EM) stems from the low barrier to publishing and a perceived lack of …

Background As free open access medical education (FOAMed) use increases, it is important
to characterize how and why learners are using this educational material in nephrology. We …

Lao medical students encounter challenges with accessing online learning materials. In a
recent study of 507 students and staff at the University of Health Sciences (the Primary …

Background The rise of free open‐access medical education (FOAM) has led to a wide
range of online resources in emergency medicine. Canadian physicians have been active …

Introduction The free open access medical education (# FOAMed, or FOAM) movement
creates educational content intended to inform medical education and clinical practice and …

Purpose Narrative review of free open access medical education (FOAM) and its effects on
the medical community including, but not limited to, medical societies, residency curricula …