Free Open Access to Medical Education.

The amount of reliable and mostly free content available online has changed the game of learning. As my peers and I continue to traverse this lifelong educational journey together, I have tried to curate a list of resources I have found useful and maybe others will also find value in bookmarking.

Disclaimer: this is not an all-inclusive list, but I am always open to expand this list so if you have any suggestions, shoot me an email at GulatiU@ihn.org or DM on Twitter @udaygulati.

• ATS Reading List: curated list by American Thoracic Society that compiles clinically relevant articles familiar to all “well-read” adult pulmonary and critical care physicians
• CriticalCareNow: Popular Critical Care blog by Haney Mallemat.
• Deranged Physiology: Alex Yartsev provides explorations of human physiology often relying on apocryphal sources to deliver content to help understand hemodynamics from a different perspective
• ECG Weekly: the king of ECGs Amal Mattu provides weekly ECGs and golden explanations
• Elsevier: Researcher Academy: e-learning platform to support early researchers
• Internal Medicine APPE Blog: gorgeous infographics on pharm-trials
• Harvi SIM: interactive textbook and pressure-volume loop simulations for integrating cardiovascular physiology into clinical practice
• County EM: Kings County/SUNY Downstate EM Residency blog
• GrepMed: most inclusive image based medical reference database
• Heart-Lung.org: modules and lectures to understand hemodynamics and respiratory mechanics
• Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC): popular CCM blog , featured on EMCrit
• Life In the Fast Lane (LITFL): popular for their in-depth ECG explanations  
• Learning Radiology: popular radiology e-handbook w/ daily quizzes
• Maryland CC Project: in-depth blog maintained by U of Marlyand CC Fellows
• Pulm CCM:review articles on latest in pulmonology and CC literature
• Radiopedia:  comprehensive radiology wiki
• RK.md: cardiac anesthesiologist and cardiovascular intensive care physician Rishi provides short blogs with self-made images to understand key critical care concepts, with attention to the CV ICU and MCS
• WikEM: Global Emergency Medicine Wiki, largest FOAMed EM resource

• Annals on Call: quick discussions on influential articles w/ Dr. Bob Centor (A)
• Bedside Rounds: medical history storytelling & intersections w/ society & culture (G/A)
• Behind the Knife: comprehensive surgery education platform for healthcare providers at all stages of their training (G/A)
• Cardionerds: high yield CV concepts explained in a fun & engaging manner (G/A)
• Clinical Problem Solvers: must-listen, builds clinical reasoning through cases (G/A)
• CoreIM: diverse podcast filled with pearls on IM topics and clinical reasoning (G/A)
• Critical Care Scenarios: scenario-based critical care thinking via ICU cases (G/A)
• Critical Care Reviews:
• Critical Care Time: Dr. Cyrus Askin & Dr. Nick Mark bring expert interviews, targeted reviews of Critical Care literature and provide numerous practice pearls. (G/A)
• Curbsiders: another must-listen IM podcast interviewing experts on specific topics (G/A)
• ED ECMO: Emergency department extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cases.
• EMCrit: popular EM critical care podcast on specific topics (G/A)
• Freely Filtered: Nephrology discussions and literature review.
• Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC): podcast accompanying the popular CC blog (G/A)
• Morning Report: resident run IM podcast that run through interesting cases (G/A)
• NEJM Resident 360: ‘curbside’ medicine consults by experts clinicians (G/A)
• Puscast: ID podcast on latest ID literature (G/A)
• Real Life Pharmacology: pharmacology for the healthcare professional (G/A)
• ResusNation Podcast: paid podcast from CriticalCare Now.
• Run the List: resident/student-run podcast with short episodes for quick review (G/A)

• ACP Videos: the Critical Care series is free, get the full series from your chiefs
• CriticalCareNow: ‘CritBits’ that break down complex critical care topics
• Cooper Critical Care: curated lectures from Cooper’s Critical Care Fellowship including ventilator and ultrasound lectures
• Louisville Lectures: popular medical lecture series, especially for board review
• Maryland CC Project: critical care lectures from UofMaryland’s Critical Care Fellowship (G/A)
• Virtual Morning Report amazing product of the COVID quarantine by the CPSolvers team
• Jason Bartock: critical care lectures by Cooper’s Critical Care Fellowship PD

• ACP Guidelines: evidence-based clinical recommendations & algorithms from ACP (G/A)
• CPSolvers: quick access to all their wonderful schemas & illness scripts, free online (G/A)
• Ddxof: quick access to 150+ diagnostic and management schemas and algorithms (G/A)
• EchoTools: ultrasonography reference app by Rk.md (iOS only)
• Epocrates: bedside tool for drug information, interactions, etc. (G/A)
• Human Dx: test yourself with peer-reviewed cases across various IM specialties (G/A)
• iCU notes: compact critical care reference guide (G/A)
• MedScape: must have, not much else to say, subscription provided by GME (G/A)
• Notion.io : my preference for personal notes and bedside ‘chalk & talks’
• MKSAP: the app is great for doing questions and flashcards during downtime (G/A)
• QuickEM: was a great reference before seeing patients to improve my H&Ps (G/A)
• X (prev. Twitter): see above, the value is in having notifications on. (G/A)
• UpToDate: must have, not much else to say, subscription provided by GME (G/A)

• #MedTwitter
  • Subscribe to this curated feed and list of accounts worth following on Twitter.
• #MedTweetorials
  • A place to go to find collections of #MedEd #Tweetorials (aka MedTweetorials).
• IHN Twitter Fam thread
  • (private message thread) A good number of our residents participate, we share interesting tweets & attempt to diagnose tough ECGs and more. DM me to join.