Essential Non-Blog FOAM Resources for the ED Practitioner

In my 10+ years working in the ED, I’ve come across a few online FOAM resources (Free Open Access Meducation) that are essential to my practice. Inspired by ALiEM’s new How I Work Smarter series, I wanted to share these free tools in the hope that they may help you work smarter too, regardless of what your role is in the emergency management of patients.

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By Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP|2026-06-16T16:05:45-07:00Aug 18, 2014|Social Media & Tech|

I am Salim Rezaie, Editor in Chief of REBEL-EM: How I Work Smarter

In this new installment in the “How I Work Smarter” series, we are bringing it back home. We first started in the United States, then Australia, then the UK. Today we return back to the U.S. and feature Dr. Salim Rezaie (@Srrezaie), who is the Editor-in-Chief for REBEL-EM and REBEL Cast. The following summarizes Salim’s great tips.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-09-10T13:33:21-07:00Aug 17, 2014|How I Work Smarter|

I am Natalie May – Emergency physician and blogger at St Emlyn’s: How I Work Smarter

In this new installment in the “How I Work Smarter” series, we managed to find one of Dr. Victoria Brazil’s (@SocraticEM) call-outs. Today we feature Dr. Natalie May (@_NMay), who is from Manchester, UK and is an active star blogger at St Emlyn’s. If you haven’t read it before, this is definitely a blog worth following. I like to think of ALiEM as the St Emlyn’s from across the pond. Natalie was kind enough to provide her insightful tips.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-04-16T23:58:59-07:00Aug 10, 2014|How I Work Smarter|

I am Damian Roland – Pediatric Emergency Physician & Blogger at Rolobot Rambles: How I Work Smarter

In this new installment in the “How I Work Smarter” series, we really are going global. We first started in the United States, then Australia, and now the United Kingdom. Today we feature Dr. Damian Roland (@damian_roland), who blogs at The Rolobot Rambles. Damian was kind enough to provide his great tips, and it is with great pleasure that I share his responses to the questions in this series.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-04-16T23:59:13-07:00Aug 3, 2014|How I Work Smarter|

Social Media in the EM Curriculum: Annals of EM Resident Perspective article

This month marks our second ALiEM-Annals Resident’s Perspective discussion. Similar to the ALiEM-Annals Global EM Journal Club series and the first Resident’s Perspective piece on Multiple Mini Interviews, we will be discussing the most recent Annals of Emergency Medicine Resident’s Perspective piece on the Integration of Social Media in Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum. We hope you will participate in an online discussion based on the paper summary and questions below from now through August 1, 2014. Respond by commenting below or tweeting using the hashtag #ALiEMRP.

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By Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP|2026-06-16T16:05:38-07:00Jul 28, 2014|Annals of EM Resid Persp, Medical Education, Social Media & Tech|

I am Esther Choo – Researcher, Public Health Advocate, and Educator: How I Work Smarter

In the first post for the “How I Work Smarter” series, I called out Dr. Esther Choo (@choo_ek), because she is able to juggle so many interests and responsibilities flawlessly. She’s the principal investigator for a study, funded by the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, looking at a national computer-based intervention for women with substance use and interpersonal violence in the ED; Academic Emergency Medicine‘s first Senior Associate Editor for Social Media; and star presenter. Esther was kind enough to provide her best-practice tips for this ongoing series.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2026-06-16T16:05:47-07:00Jul 27, 2014|How I Work Smarter|

I am Victoria Brazil, Academic Lead for Clinical Skills and Simulation at Bond University: How I Work Smarter

In the first post for the “How I Work Smarter” series, I called out one my favorite, accomplished clinician-educators Dr. Victoria Brazil, because she makes extreme-productivity look easy. Victoria was kind enough to provide her trade secrets, and it is with great pleasure that I share her responses to the questions in this series.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2026-06-16T16:05:42-07:00Jul 20, 2014|How I Work Smarter|