Little Andrew, Kalnow Andrew, Walker Amber R, Capone Patricia
Emergency Medicine, AdventHealth East Orlando, Orlando, USA.
Emergency Medicine, OhioHealth Doctors Hospital, Columbus, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Aug 18;12(8):e9848. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9848.
Background Podcasts and their use in medical education, particularly emergency medicine (EM), are growing and becoming more popular. Many podcasts focus on EM, but the number of podcasts on each EM subspecialty remains unknown. Therefore, the goal of this study was to ascertain the number of podcasts available by EM subspecialty and collect the basic characteristics of each podcast. Methods We conducted a Google-based, investigational study of EM podcasts by subspecialty from July 2019 to January 2020. Search terms included "podcasts in ____", where the EM subspecialties of Toxicology, Ultrasound, Wilderness Medicine, Emergency Medicine Services, Medical Education, and Simulation were inserted to identify podcasts. Results Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Medical Education subspecialties have the most active podcasts. Toxicology and EMS have the most inactive podcasts, while Medical Education and Simulation were the only subspecialties found to not have any identified inactive podcasts. Conclusions The use of podcasts in EM has been increasing overall, but physicians in specific subspecialties, such as EMS and Medical Education, have access to a larger number of podcasts specific to their subspecialty than others. There is an opportunity for experts in Toxicology, Simulation, and Ultrasound to create podcast content.
背景 播客及其在医学教育，尤其是急诊医学（EM）中的应用正在不断发展且越来越受欢迎。许多播客专注于急诊医学，但每个急诊医学亚专业的播客数量仍然未知。因此，本研究的目的是确定按急诊医学亚专业分类的可用播客数量，并收集每个播客的基本特征。方法 我们在2019年7月至2020年1月期间对按亚专业分类的急诊医学播客进行了一项基于谷歌的调查研究。搜索词包括“____中的播客”，其中插入了毒理学、超声、野外医学、急诊医疗服务、医学教育和模拟等急诊医学亚专业，以识别播客。结果 急诊医疗服务（EMS）和医学教育亚专业的播客最活跃。毒理学和EMS的播客最不活跃，而医学教育和模拟是仅有的未发现任何不活跃播客的亚专业。结论 总体而言，播客在急诊医学中的应用一直在增加，但特定亚专业的医生，如EMS和医学教育领域的医生，比其他医生有更多针对其亚专业的播客可供使用。毒理学、模拟和超声领域的专家有机会创作播客内容。
