#FOAMed errors: does the opportunity for speedy resolution outweigh the risk of rapid dissemination?

Edwards and Roland report an interesting natural experiment in the role of knowledge dissemination in the era of social media and free open access medical education (#FOAMed).1 In the opinion of many emergency medicine educationalists, #FOAMed resources are challenging and changing our traditional models of sharing knowledge through publications such as the EMJ .2 The paper reports on two inadvertent publication errors on a UK #FOAMed blog....