A video lecture by Chris Nickson that asks the question 'Why FOAM?', and explores the facts, fallacies and foibles of Free Open Access Med(ical ed)ucation' (FOAM). Includes audio only version and slides.

I have been trying (with limited success) for the last 5 years to define the use of social media in emergency medicine and critical care.

The time-poor ED physician, faced with an ever increasing patient load, is finding it difficult to keep up to date with the expansive proliferation of clinical knowledge