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ArticleCureus2025

A User's Guide to Open Educational Resources in Medical Education.

Teresa M Chan, N Seth Trueger, Lauren A Maggio, Daniel K Ting, Jonathan Sherbino, Brent Thoma

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Teresa M ChanSchool of Medicine, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, CAN.
N Seth TruegerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Lauren A MaggioDepartment of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Daniel K TingDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, CAN.
Jonathan SherbinoDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, CAN.
Brent ThomaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CAN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Open educational resources (OERs) such as blog posts, podcasts, infographics, and videos focusing on medical topics are frequently published online. Their objectives are variable and include the critical appraisal of individual research articles, the knowledge translation of new or under-discussed publications or guidelines, and the review and integration of knowledge on a particular topic. However, due to the ease of publishing in these new media, the quality of these resources is heterogeneous and inconsistent. It is important for medical learners, educators, and practicing physicians to critically appraise these new and easily accessible formats of medical literature and resources. This paper provides an approach to appraise and use OERs.

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critical appraisalfree open access medical educationonline medical educationopen educational resourcesusers guide

Identifiers

PMID41164038
PMCPMC12560063

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.