Table 1.
Examples of FOAMed in nephrology
| Type of FOAMed | Characteristics/highlights | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Microblogging, 2-way, real time, videos, links to primary material | @NephJC #AskRenal |
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| Intermediate length, 2-way, real time, videos links to primary material, possibility of closed patient-centered group forums | Renal Fellow Network NephJC ISN Education ASN AJKD |
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| Blogs | Long form, permanent, comments | See Table 2 |
| Visual abstracts | Visual, sharable, viral, simple | See Appendix. |
| Video | Allows traditional lectures to be consumed at will, explains complex topics with visuals and animation | WashUPath John Roberts Pencasts ISN Education Nephrology On-Demand |
| Journal clubs | Two-way conversation with experts, broadcasts state-of-the-art information, publicizes new developments |
Selected Journal Clubs #NephJC, nephrology #RheumJC, rheumatology #PNAJJC, pediatric nephrology #UroJC, urology #GenMedJC, internal medicine #JHMChat, hospital medicine #PathJC, pathology |
| Live tweeting at conferences | Engages the audience as participants rather than passive listeners, broad dissemination of conferences that may be expensive | #KidneyWk #AHA2017 #WCN2017 #NKFClinicals |
| Online games | Engages people new to social media; combines blogs, Twitter, visual abstracts, gamification | NephMadness |
| Interactive live learning | Brings expertise located globally to a larger audience, allows discussion of complex or rare cases with a broad scope of minds | GlomCon |
| Online communities | Closed discussion area; experts readily available for quick reply | ASN Communities AST Communities of Practice |
| Digital mentorship | Provides teaching, mentorship, professionalism on the use of social media in medicine to people who do not have local mentors with expertise | NSMC Internship |
ASN, American Society of Nephrology; AST, American Society of Transplantation; FOAMed, free open-access medical education; GlomCon, Glomerular Disease Study and Trial Consortium; ISN, International Society of Nephrology; NephJC, Nephrology Journal Club; NSMC, Nephrology Social Media Collective; WashUPath, Washington University in St Louis Nephrology Web Episode Series; #AHA2017, 2017 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions; #KidneyWk, ASN Kidney Week; #NKFClinicals, NKF Spring Clinical Meeting; #WCN2017, 2017 World Congress of Nephrology.