Free, Open Access Medical Education: Foam
Journal Title: Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası - Year 2016, Vol 15, Issue 45
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ABSTRACT: Free open-access medical education (FOAM) is an educational concept involving electronic learning (e-learning) strategies to access accurate and reliable resources in medicine. This concept includes using medical blogs, podcasts, visual materials, online videos and many written documents, those can be used without permission or payment. FOAM is about sharing knowledge, interacting with other people and staying up to date in our rapidly changing medical environment. This article is aimed to discuss FOAM concept with some positive and negative reflections.
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