Platforms Article Working Group
This working group will develop an article that provides a recommendation for developers on how to integrate their content into the growing ecosystem of materials in a durable and searchable way. The article will describe the necessary characteristics of a platform and include a “1 pager” of best practices.
Manuscript Drafts
Here you will find the latest draft of the article for download. After making your edits, please save the document with your initials following the previous editor’s initials (e.g. Manuscript 6_SELF_Platforms_v1_ab cd ef gh.docx) and upload your edited and/or commented Platforms Article draft to the drafts folder. We are aiming to submit this suite of articles to the Lancet or BMJ in February or March of 2024.
Key Resources
| Title | Authors | Date posted | Summary | Tags | Shared by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorship Guidelines | SELF | 1/24/2024 | Lancet information for Authors, Authorship criteria, Authorship contributions, Example of Corporate Authorship | Corporate, group, collaborators, group | Megan Kern |
| SELF Symposium Working Session 3 (Platforms) | Compiled by Catherine Mohr | 10/26/2023 | This spreadsheet summarizes the findings from the 2023 SELF Symposium working session 3. | platforms, search, symposium, self, excel, spreadsheet, voting, barriers, action, who is missing | Catherine Mohr |
| Facilitation Notes: Platforms and Search | SELF | 1/18/2024 | This document summarizes the instructions given to the working group participants. Including the session agenda, facilitator guides, wall set-up, and slides posted during the discussions. | symposium, self, methods, facilitator, facilitation, discussion, handouts, instructions, rule, voting, votes, action, actions, guidelines | Megan Kern |
| PlasticFree Website | PlasticFree | 11/2/2025 | An example Recommendation Engine, but for the fashion industry. Login instructions here | plastic, free, plastics, plasticsfree, fashion, search | Catherine Mohr |
| Chatham House Rule | Chatham House | 12/04/2023 | When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. | Chatham, house, Chatham house, rule, participate, anonymous, reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Mimi Wainwright |
| Correlation of Performance on ENTRUST and Traditional Oral Objective Structured Clinical Examination for High-Stakes Assessment in the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa | Liebert, et al | 11/29/2023 | Introduction of ENTRUST, an online virtual patient simulation platform to author and securely deploy case scenarios to assess surgical decision-making competence. | health, systems, reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited, ENTRUST, authoring, author, tool evaluation | Mimi Wainwright |
| ENTRUST: A Serious Game-Based Virtual Patient Platform to Assess Entrustable Professional Activities in Graduate Medical Education | Lin, et al | 11/29/2023 | A study demonstrating the feasibility and early validity evidence for ENTRUST as an assessment platform for clinical decision-making. | health, systems, reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited, ENTRUST, authoring, author, tool, evaluation | Mimi Wainwright |
| Use of Innovative Technology in Surgical Training in Resource-Limited Settings: A Scoping Review | Heo, et al | 2/1/2023 | Four main categories of surgical training platforms were identified: web-based platforms, app-based platforms, virtual and augmented reality, and simulation. The platforms were analyzed based on their content, effectiveness, cost, accessibility, and barriers to use. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Mimi Wainwright |
| Gestalt assessment of online educational resources may not be sufficiently reliable and consistent | Krishnan, et al | 12/06/2023 | A gestalt-based rating system is not sufficiently reliable when recommending online educational resources to trainees and attendings. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| The revised Approved Instructional Resources score: An improved quality evaluation tool for online educational resources | Grock, et al | 12/06/2023 | The Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Approved Instructional Resources tool (AAT) was created for FOAM appraisal by and for expert educators and has demonstrated validity in this context. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| The Revised METRIQ Score: A Quality Evaluation Tool for Online Educational Resources | Colmers-Gray, et al | 12/06/2023 | With the rapid proliferation of online medical education resources, quality evaluation is increasingly critical. Feedback on the METRIQ-8 score contributed to the development of the rMETRIQ score, which has improved clarity and usability. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| Holes in the FOAM: An Analysis of Curricular Comprehensiveness in Online Educational Resources | Grock, et al | 12/06/2023 | Although residents and programs are frequently incorporating FOAM into the educational curriculum, these materials seem to lack comprehensiveness. Educators and learners must be aware of these deficits in creating comprehensive emergency medicine curricula. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| Potential ethical problems in the creation of open educational resources through virtual spaces in academia | Mncube, et al | 12/06/2023 | The study recommends that OER be developed for a specific purpose and aligned with the specific subject content, and the resource must be precise and peer reviewed for quality measures. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| A Fork in the Road for Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Blogs and Podcasts: Cross-sectional Study | Lin, et al | 12/06/2023 | There was a sharp decline in the number of emergency medicine and critical care blogs and podcasts in the last decade, dropping 40.4% since 2013. The initial growth of FOAM and its subsequent downturn align with principles in the Theory of Disruptive Innovation by Christensen. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| SURGhub —UN Global Surgery Learning Hub | United Nations Institute for Training and Research | 12/06/2023 | The United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub provides appropriate in-service and pre-service education and training opportunities to all cadres involved in the delivery of surgical care as well as relevant stakeholders in research, policy, academia, and industry. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| The Open Critical Care Project | OpenCriticalCare | 12/06/2023 | OpenCriticalCare.org is a repository for reliable, open-access critical care learning tools with relevance to resource-variable settings. Their resource library includes curated and original content that can be used for training at various levels and multiple healthcare cadres, and are suited for independent learning and as well as integration into institutional training programs and curricula. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Eric O'Flynn |
| Popularity of Online Multimedia Educational Resources in Neurosurgery: Insights from The Neurosurgical Atlas Project | Davidson, et al | 2/1/2023 | This study presents the first piece of evidence demonstrating the feasibility and popularity of a free online resource in neurosurgical education, and highlights the growing demand for free-access online chapters, anatomical illustrations, and operative videos. | reference, article, paper, bibliography, works cited | Mimi Wainwright |
Working Group Members
A full list of members and their email addresses is available here.
| Responsible | Consulted |
|---|---|
| Emilio Velis | Amit Maurya |
| Eric O’Flynn | Emmanuel Ameh |
| Joshua Hantke | |
| Nigel Rossiter | |
| Robert Ssekitoleko | |
| Selam Degu | |
| Vikas Karade |
Sharing Documents, Links, and Meeting Recordings
- Upload files to share with this working group.
- Alternatively, email files or links to Patrick-diamond@intuitive-foundation.org.
- All working group files are stored in this Dropbox folder.
- Access past Meeting Recordings.
Discussion Board
The first draft of the article is now on the site!