FOAMed Lecture

FOAMedJeffery Hill, MD

@_drjeffy

@UCMorningReport

September 10, 2014

• Some Definitions

• A Bit on Learning Theory

• What is FOAM? #FOAMed

• The Twitter

• Blogs

• Integrating social media into residency curriculum

Blog

Ability to comment on articles = pseudo discussion board

Twitter

• "Microblogging platform"

• #

• @UCMorningReport

Podcast

Sometimes embedded in blog posts

Audio (or video) recording

RSS Feed/Reader

Pulls site content into

a single app for

easier viewing

A Couple of Potentially

Helpful Learning Theories...

Andragogy - CHARACTERISTICS

Malcolm Knowles

1. Are Independent and Self-Directing

2. Have Accumulated Experience

3. Value Learning that Integrates with

the Demands of their Life

4. Are Interested in Immediate,

Problem-Centered Approaches

5. Motivated by an Internal Drive to

Learn

ADULTS…

3. Adults Value Learning that Integrates

with the Demands of their Life

Theory of Margin

LOAD POWER

NO MARGIN

LOAD POWER

MARGIN FOR LEARNING

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2. Adults have Accumulated Experience

Adults are Interested in Immediate, Problem-

Centered Approaches

Constructivism

“Learning is a process of constructing meaning;

it is how people make sense of their experience.”1

“Knowledge is constructed when individuals

engage socially in talk and activity about

shared problems or tasks.”1

Community of Practice

Shared Practice

AND

Collective Intelligence

Community of Practice

Community of Practice

Community of Practice

Community of Practice

Free

Open

Access

Meducation

2012Dublin, Ireland

& 200+ More

The Twitter

What has the Twitter Done

for you Lately?

What has the Twitter Done

for you Lately?

What else cool is going on on

Twitter?

What else cool is going on on

Twitter?

Twitter at its Best…

NETWORKING

CURRATED RSS FEED

GLOBAL EM “WATER

COOLER”

Twitter at its Best…

Twitter at its Worst…

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How/Where to Get Started…

How/Where to Get Started…

Blogs

“TRUST, BUT

VERIFY”- Reagan

How to Find the Good Stuff

googlefoam.com

Individualized Interactive Instruction

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ULTUR

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Community of Practice

Attendings NursesResidents Mid-Levels Medical Students