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Blog and Podcast Watch: Orthopedic Emergencies
Abstract
Introduction: The WestJEM Blog and Podcast Watch presents high quality open-access educational blogs andpodcasts in emergency medicine (EM) based on the ongoing ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR)
and AIR-Professional series. Both series critically appraise resources using an objective scoring rubric. [...] This
installment of the Blog and Podcast Watch highlights the topic of orthopedic emergencies from the AIR series.
Methods: The AIR series is a continuously building curriculum that follows the Council of Emergency Medicine
Residency Directors (CORD) annual testing schedule. For each module, relevant content is collected from the top
50 Social Media Index sites published within the previous 12 months, and scored by eight AIR board members
using five equally weighted measurement outcomes: Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) score,
accuracy, educational utility, evidence based, and references. Resources scoring ≥30 out of 35 available points
receive an AIR label. Resources scoring 27-29 receive an honorable mention label, if the executive board agrees
that the post is accurate and educationally valuable.
Results: A total of 87 blog posts and podcasts were evaluated. Key educational pearls from the three AIR posts
and the 14 honorable mentions are summarized.
Conclusion: The WestJEM Blog and Podcast Watch series is based on the AIR and AIR-Pro series, which
attempts to identify high quality educational content on open-access blogs and podcasts. This series provides an
expert-based, post-publication curation of educational social media content for EM clinicians with this installment
focusing on orthopedic emergencies. [West J Emerg Med. 2017;18(3)531-538.]