The Social Media Index: Measuring the Impact of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Websites

INTRODUCTION: The number of educational resources created for emergency medicine and critical care (EMCC) that incorporate social media has increased dramatically. With no way to assess their impact or quality, it is challenging for educators to receive scholarly credit and for learners to identify respected resources. The Social Media index (SMi) was developed to help address this. METHODS: We used data from social media platforms (Google …