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The Quality Checklists for Health Professions Blogs and Podcasts
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  • Isabelle N Colmers,
  • Quinten S Paterson,
  • Michelle Lin,
  • Brent Thoma,
  • Teresa M Chan
Isabelle N Colmers
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada
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Quinten S Paterson
College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada
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Michelle Lin
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco CA
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Brent Thoma
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada
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Teresa M Chan
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton ON

Corresponding Author:teresa.chan@medportal.ca

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Abstract

Blog and podcast use is rising among learners in the health professions. The lack of a standardized method to assess the quality of these resources prompted a research agenda aimed at solving this problem. Through a rigorous research process, a list of 151 quality indicators for blogs and podcasts was formed and subsequently refined to elicit the most important quality indicators. These indicators are presented as Quality Checklists to assist with quality appraisal of medical blogs and podcasts.