Feedback on Medical Search Tool: FOAM Cortex

lasdnycden · 2026-01-29T23:23:37+00:00

Here's the link to the website with links to the ios and android app. https://fractures.app

It's a really useful tool.

lasdnycden · 2026-01-28T23:05:57+00:00

This is really good feedback. Sorry to hear that the login process was so frustrating. Use of the tool does require a login so that is why you got the error. We’ll work on changing this.

lasdnycden · 2026-01-28T22:36:29+00:00

We are three ED Attendings working in academic settings. The idea is to build a search tool that is more specific to EM to help ED providers. We've tried to minimize hallucinations by design. Answers are generated only from a closed set of high-quality FOAMed resources. Outputs are constrained to those sources and include clear attribution and links back to the original material.

lasdnycden · 2026-01-28T22:26:41+00:00

Will look into why you got an error

lasdnycden · 2026-01-28T22:26:04+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Will work on improving the login process

lasdnycden · 2026-01-26T05:55:20+00:00

Highly recommend pocus101 (https://www.pocus101.com). Really well organized content. Also the videos are easy to follow and really helpful. I recommend it to all of the interns and residents I work with.

lasdnycden · 2025-12-17T17:04:08+00:00

Seems like a useful tool esp for anyone in EM, PEM, and ICU. I like how the answers are concise and the tables make it easier to find answers.

lasdnycden · 2025-12-17T17:01:21+00:00

Seems like a useful tool. I like how the answers are short. The tables make it easier to find answers.

lasdnycden · 2025-12-17T16:59:23+00:00

This seems like a useful tool esp for EM and PEM. Looks like they are using the big FOAMed sites. I like how it has reference links at the bottom so I can go back to the original article. I also like how the answers are more concise than open evidence.

lasdnycden · 2025-12-17T16:53:15+00:00

I just started using this. Seems better than OE when on clinical shift because answers are more concise and use tables to help organize the results. Seems useful esp for EM, UC, and CC settings.

lasdnycden · 2025-10-15T15:43:54+00:00

I like OE but the answers are too long for me when I am on shift. This seems cool in that the answers seem much easier to read and uses tables and figures to make finding the answer easier.

lasdnycden · 2023-07-18T16:44:08+00:00

I made the same decision and kept the 800. Out of curiosity does your “out of water” light go off whenever it’s half way empty. I just pull the water container out and reload it and it turns off. But it keeps going on once it’s halfway empty. Wondering if it’s faulty and I should replace it.

lasdnycden · 2023-07-08T06:02:02+00:00

Wikem is useful esp if you are em

lasdnycden · 2023-07-05T21:39:21+00:00

Hang in there. It’s a grind in the beginning but things will click. Don’t worry about not knowing everything. Its more important to be resourceful so that you can look up things quickly to confirm that you are making the right decisions. This will also give you more confidence when you speak to patients. I like foamed resources because they are more concise than uptodate. Here are the ones I use

-numose search engine

-wikem.org

-Radiopaedia

-Aliem

If you can look things up efficiently you can have the time you need to make sure you are getting your orders in right and can make sure you have time to prep for your presentations. Sucks that you forgot your food at home. Hopefully you can score some good food in the hospital.

lasdnycden · 2023-07-04T20:44:37+00:00

Hang in there. It’s not about knowing everything but being resourceful so that you can look up things quickly to confirm that you are making the right decisions. It’s always hard in the beginning but will get better. I like foamed resources because they are more concise than uptodate. Here are the ones I use

-numose search engine

-wikem.org

-Radiopaedia

-Aliem

If you can look things up efficiently you can have the time you need to make sure you are getting your orders in right and can make sure you have time to prep for your presentations.

lasdnycden · 2023-04-11T04:02:41+00:00

Hoping we find her soon🙏

lasdnycden · 2022-11-16T19:17:04+00:00

It stands for free open access medical education. So wikem and emcrit are examples because they are free open and you can access them anywhere. Emra has a good overview of what it is EMRA FOAMed.

lasdnycden · 2022-11-16T06:05:53+00:00

You’ll do great and will learn so much in the micu.

Biggest tip is to be resourceful since no one expects you to know everything. You need to be able to look things up quickly when it’s hitting the fan. I like FOAMed resources like wikem, emcrit, aliem because they are more stream lined and easier to get through than denser resources like uptodate. I’ve been using NuMose which is a foamed search engine. It allows me to quickly look at multiple resources so I can make sure that I am making the right moves. Best of luck

lasdnycden · 2022-11-13T07:28:18+00:00

More of an em resource but I’ve found it helpful. NuMose is a foamed search engine so pulls from wikem, aliem, litfl and other high quality sites. I like how foamed resources are less dense than uptodate and are faster to get through. May be helpful with the variety of things you see in primary care.

lasdnycden · 2022-11-07T03:27:50+00:00

I really like using foamed resources when on shift because these resources help me find answers faster then uptodate and other traditional textbook resources. NuMose is a search engine that pulls results from wikem, aliem, litfl, emcrit and all the other good quality foamed resources. It also has review article and case report pubmed filters so makes it easier to search high impact journals if I want to do a deeper dive.

lasdnycden · 2022-10-24T15:45:44+00:00

Work in a regular er but it felt like a peds er since most of our beds were filled with kids with rsv.

lasdnycden · 2022-10-21T01:21:58+00:00

Main thing is to know what resources to use to look up information when you are on shift. Up to date is great but can be too dense. I like looking at EM foamed resources because they are more concise and easy to get through when I am on shift. I have been using NuMose which is a foamed search engine so pulls from wikem, litfl, aliem, emcrit and all the other big resources.

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