EMCC Blog update

Yes, it is that time of the year again when we update our database Emergency Medicine and Critical Care blogs and podcasts For the last 5 years we have reviewed, revised and revitalised the EMCC blog and podcast lists. It is a great way to add new sources, marvel at the global collaboration and wealth of educational resources in the #FOAMed blogosphere. It is also useful to analyse the trends in the use of social media, and blogging platforms. The full updated tables have been added to the Resource Landing Page and also at the bottom of this post. Readers can subscribe to ALL the EMCC blogs through FOAMEM either by RSS Feed or via a daily email digest. If you are not yet listed – fill in the EMCC blog submission form If you are listed but want to change your listing - contact the LITFL team I am not sure exactly why there are so many EMCC blogs in existence, or why they are appearing with such rapidity. Maybe it is because a lot of our work is frontline, public, diverse and altruistic that there are so many stories and so many educational resources being shared freely and without reservation using the language of FOAM. Social Media Use An overall increase in information dissemination through social media 82% - Twitter (165/201) – [72% in 2012] 35% - Facebook (70/201) – [42% in 2012] 27% - Google + (55/201) – [20% in 2012] 13% - Media account such as YouTube or Vimeo (26/201) – [15% in 2012] There has been increased engagem...
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