Get credit for resident reading electives and asynchronous learning activities, while supporting open access medicine!

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Are you a resident who would like to get credit for time spent editing WikEM or a faculty member looking for a free and easy way to document reading elective and/or asynchronous learning activities?  Support open access medicine!  Use the WikEM elective and asynchronous learning platform, supported by the non-profit OpenEM Foundation.
Contributions to WikEM benefit medical practitioners around the globe, while being immediately available to the contributor, their fellow residents, and their residency program via the WikEM website and its native mobile applications.
Many EM residency programs offer reading electives and/or asynchronous learning  (i.e. “individualized interactive instruction”). However, these activities can be difficult to monitor, leading to numerous problems
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Welcome Assistant Editor Aaron Snyder, MD

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The WikEM Team, welcomes Aaron Snyder. Another incredibly active contributor from the University of Connecticut who has been instrumental in organizing wiki content. With a strong interest in medical technology we are excited to have Aaron join as an Assistant Editor.

Biography

Aaron Snyder is currently an EM resident at UConn.  Aaron double majored in chemistry and biology at Iona College in New York.  He then attended FSU COM for medical school where he became interested in international and global health.  Outside the ED, Aaron is interested in rock climbing and running, international travel, technology, and photography.

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New Assistant Editor – Neil Young, MD

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The WikEM Team, welcomes Dr. Neil Young to the editorial staff as our new Assistant Editor.  His current contributions to the wiki and peer review of existing content has been extensive. He consistently ranks at the top of our contributor list. As we previously described, the WikEM review process requires that all wiki edits must be fact checked by our editorial staff.  We are all excited to have Neil join our team!

Biography:

Dr. Young started his interest in medicine when after high school he joined the military. He served for over 5 years with the Navy and Marine Corps as a Hospital Corpsman, providing medical care on ship, in hospitals, and in the field. He underwent advance training in combat medicine and military instructorship. His tour in Iraq with an infantry battalion confirmed his desire to… Read more

Top 10 Reasons to Share your Knowledge by Editing WikEM

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WikEM isn’t just the premier emergency medicine bedside reference, it’s also a wiki, meaning that our users collaborate to provide our content.  Have you really not made an edit yet?  Here are some reasons you should:

  1. It’s fun!
  2. It’s educational.
  3. It will make you a better clinician.
  4. It’s social.  Interact with the new cohort of intelligent #FOAMed clinicians, who are making medical education free and openly available on the web.
  5. You are helping providers around the world have access to free and current medical information. (Why donate outdated textbooks when you can put content online for free download?)
  6. It gives you something to do on those late night shifts, instead of making inflatable turkey’s with disposable gloves (which are pediatric choking
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