title: Blog and Podcast Watch: Cutaneous Emergencies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  TheWestJEMBlog and Podcast Watch presents high quality open-access educational blogs and podcasts in emergency medicine (EM) based on the ongoing Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Professional series. Both series critically appraise resources using an objective scoring rubric. This installment of the Blog and Podcast Watch highlights the topic of cutaneous emergencies from the AIR series.
  
  
  METHODS
  The AIR series is a continuously building curriculum that follows the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) annual testing schedule. For each module, relevant content is collected from the top 50 most accessed sites per the Social Media Index published within the previous 12 months and scored by eight board members using five equally weighted measurement outcomes: Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) score, accuracy, educational utility, evidence based, and references. Resources scoring ≥30 out of 35 available points receive an AIR label. Resources scoring 27-29 receive an "honorable mention" label, if the editorial board agrees that the post is accurate and educationally valuable.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 35 blog posts and podcasts were evaluated. None scored ≥30 points necessary for the AIR label, although four honorable mention posts were identified. Key educational pearls from these honorable mention posts are summarized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This Blog and Podcast Watch series is based on the AIR and AIR-Pro series, which attempts to identify high quality educational content on open-access blogs and podcasts. This series provides an expert-based, post-publication curation of educational social media content for EM clinicians with this installment focusing on cutaneous emergencies.
authors.affiliation: Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sylmar, California; University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grock
authors.affiliation: Stony Brook School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook, New York.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roppolo
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Khadpe
authors.affiliation: HealthPartners Institute, Health Professions Education, Bloomington, Minnesota; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ankel
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D057218:Blogging; D003479:Curriculum; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D057211:Webcasts as Topic