"If you want to know how we practised medicine 5 years ago, read a textbook.
If you want to know how we practised medicine 2 years ago, read a journal.
If you want to know how we practise medicine now, go to a (good) conference.
If you want to know how we will practise medicine in the future, listen in the hallways and use FOAM." (from International EM Education Efforts and E-Learning by Joe Lex 2012)
Why FOAM? Facts, Fallacies and Foibles
FOAM and The Era of Online Medical Education
Talk by a human medicine resident on what FOAM has done for her. Also see FOAM Party! and "I heard it on a podcast once..."
Is FOAM Essential to Emergency Medicine Education? Yes versus Not and also read/listen to more here
Searching human FOAM resources:
Also WikEM
Role of Open Access in Reducing Waste in Medical Research (PLOS Medicine)
Open Access: a Revolution in Scientific Publishing (Int J Med 2014)