The Top Ten Websites in Critical Care Medicine Education Today

Wolbrink, Traci A.; Rubin, Lucy; Burns, Jeffrey P.; Markovitz, Barry P.

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“…19 Despite these potential challenges, other specialties have published reports citing larger numbers of open access websites for their specialties than we found for anesthesia, including 97 websites found in critical care medicine, 43 websites for otolaryngology, and 278 websites found in the field of pathology using a similar search strategy. [5][6][7] More work is needed to identify why these specialties have a larger representation of open access websites that might provide insight into strategies that can help the anesthesia community, including organizations, academic departments, and journals to expand the availability of high-quality open access educational resources to support the needs of anesthesia providers worldwide. One significant opportunity for the improvement of website quality relates to the relative lack of opportunities for active engagement.…”

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“…The Medical Education Website Quality Evaluation Tool (MEWQET) is a tool developed for assessment of undergraduate medical education websites in the field of pathology 5 and has been previously modified for assessment of undergraduate and graduate medical education websites in the fields of otolaryngology (Modified Education in Otolaryngology Website [MEOW]) and critical care medicine (Critical Care Medical Education Website Quality Evaluation Tool [CCMEWQET]). 6,7 To evaluate the quality of medical education websites in anesthesia, we adapted the CCMEWQET to be specific to anesthesia rather than critical care medicine by changing the term "critical care" to "anesthesia" or "anesthesiology." The Anesthesia Medical Education Website Quality Evaluation Tool (AMEWQET, Supplemental Digital Content 1, Table 1, http://links.lww.com/AA/E34) assigns a score to websites based on 32 items assessing 10 domains: authorship, credibility, aim/scope, comprehensiveness, content quality/accuracy, currency of information, site navigability, access, interactivity, and graphic/media elements, with a possible total score of 73.…”

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Evaluation of Open Access Websites for Anesthesia Education

Evans

Krotinger²,

Lilaonitkul

et al. 2022

Anesthesia &Amp; Analgesia

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BACKGROUND: While the prevalence of free, open access medical education resources for health professionals has expanded over the past 10 years, many educational resources for health care professionals are not publicly available or require fees for access. This lack of open access creates global inequities in the availability and sharing of information and may have the most significant impact on health care providers with the greatest need. The extent of open access online educational websites aimed for clinicians and trainees in anesthesiology worldwide is unknown. In this study, we aimed to identify and evaluate the quality of websites designed to provide open access educational resources for anesthesia trainees and clinicians. METHODS: A PubMed search of articles published between 2009 and 2020, and a Startpage search engine web search was conducted in May 2021 to identify websites using the following inclusion criteria: (1) contain educational content relevant for anesthesia providers or trainees, (2) offer content free of charge, and (3) are written in the English language. Websites were each scored by 2 independent reviewers using a website quality evaluation tool with previous validity evidence that was modified for anesthesia (the Anesthesia Medical Education Website Quality Evaluation Tool). RESULTS: Seventy-five articles and 175 websites were identified; 37 websites met inclusion criteria. The most common types of educational content contained in the websites included videos (66%, 25/37), text-based resources (51%, 19/37), podcasts (35%, 13/37), and interactive learning resources (32%, 12/37). Few websites described an editorial review process (24%, 9/37) or included opportunities for active engagement or interaction by learners (30%,11/37). Scores by tertile differed significantly across multiple domains, including disclosure of author/ webmaster/website institution; description of an editorial review process; relevancy to residents, fellows, and faculty; comprehensiveness; accuracy; disclosure of content creation or revision; ease of access to information; interactivity; clear and professional presentation of information; and links to external information. CONCLUSIONS:We found 37 open access websites for anesthesia education available on the Internet. Many of these websites may serve as a valuable resource for anesthesia clinicians looking for self-directed learning resources and for educators seeking to curate resources into thoughtfully integrated learning experiences. Ongoing efforts are needed to expand the number and improve the existing open access websites, especially with interactivity, to support the education and training of anesthesia providers in even the most resource-limited areas of the world. Our findings may provide recommendations for those educators and organizations seeking to fill this needed gap to create new high-quality educational websites. (Anesth Analg 2022;135:1233-44) KEY POINTS • Question: What is the quality of available open access educational resources for anesthesi...

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Evaluation of Open Access Websites for Anesthesia Education

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Krotinger²,

Lilaonitkul

et al. 2022

Anesthesia &Amp; Analgesia

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“…Appropriately, these resources are freely available online. 14,15 They are also discussed below. An excellent rapid review by Ting et al., 16 also attempted, as we are doing, to help readers critical appraise FOAMed.…”

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Assessing on-line medical education resources: A primer for acute care medical professionals and others

Brindley

Byker

Carley

et al. 2021

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

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The internet is increasingly used to propagate medical education, debate, and even disinformation. Therefore, this primer aims to help acute care medical professionals, as well as the public. This is because we all need to be able to critically appraise digital products, appraise content producers, and reflect upon our own on-line presence. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities associated with online medical resources. We then review Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed) and the key tools used to assess the trustworthiness of on-line medical products. Specifically, after discussing the pros and cons of traditional academic quality metrics, we compare and contrast the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR score, the Revised METRIQ Score, and gestalt. We also discuss internet search engines, peer review, and the important message behind the seemingly tongue-in-cheek Kardashian Index. Hopefully, this primer bolsters basic digital literacy and helps trainees, practitioners, and the public locate useful and reliable on-line resources. Importantly, we highlight the continued importance of traditional academic medicine and primary source publications.

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“…Catalogues of recommended online medical education platforms and resources are readily available in the literature. One such list featuring resources specific to intensive care was published in 2019 ( 5 ). Previous reviews have ratified the ability of online medical education approaches to have a beneficial impact on learning outcomes relative to no education, and a comparable impact to more classical approaches ( 6 ).…”

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Online educational interventions in pediatric intensive care medicine

Daniel

Wolbrink²

2023

Front. Pediatr.

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BackgroundOnline education has experienced explosive growth, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored the current state of the evidence base for online education targeted towards healthcare professionals working in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), to report how we are using online education in our field.Materials and MethodsWe performed a literature review by systematically generating a list of publications indexed in PubMed describing online educational interventions in the PICU, using Medical Subject Header (MeSH)-based search terms and the following inclusion criteria: studies published after 2005 that describe online educational interventions aimed at healthcare professional working in the PICU. We reviewed the full text of all included articles, and summarized the study aims, design, and results.ResultsOur initial search yielded 1,071 unique articles. After screening abstracts and titles, then full texts, eight articles were included in the review. Many online learning modalities are represented, including websites, self-study modules, videos, videoconferencing, online self-assessment with feedback, virtual patient cases, screen-based simulation, and podcasts. Three studies focused on residents, two studies on nurses, two studies on a multidisciplinary team, and one study on transport nurses and paramedics. Most studies utilized participant surveys to assess satisfaction, and half included pre- and post-intervention multiple-choice question tests. Only one study included a patient-related outcome measure.ConclusionsDespite growth in online medical educational intervention research, there are relatively few published studies in pediatric critical care, and only one study evaluated the impact of online learning on patient outcomes. There remain significant opportunities for PICU educators to assess the impact of online educational interventions, especially related to clinician behaviors and patient outcomes.

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The Top Ten Websites in Critical Care Medicine Education Today

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Evaluation of Open Access Websites for Anesthesia Education

Evaluation of Open Access Websites for Anesthesia Education

Assessing on-line medical education resources: A primer for acute care medical professionals and others

Online educational interventions in pediatric intensive care medicine

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