SCOOP.IT/CMECPDUEMS2013 July Brussels

• Keeping abreast of information– Information overload + more and

more grey literature)

• On CME/CPD• With SCOOP.IT• A New curation tool(no conflict of interest with developper!)• GC FAURE, MD, PhD• On behalf of ASSIM (college of Imm.

teachers)

Once upon a time..

• Keeping abreast of scientific information...– Was using Current Contents!

Nowadays the world has changed – But curation appeared recently on

stage, on top of SEO (search engine optimization) s

• And What do you do, when you are not a professional of a field?

Grey Literaturesince end of 90's,

• Thesis, Reports• Patents• Scientific News Magazines (GEN) • Press releases, Press agencies• Internet

– Websites, Blogs, Tweets?– Social networks (Facebook,

Linkedin..)...RSS flux– So much information... it becomes

grey

Curation...

.... the process of establishing and developing long term repositories of digital assets for current and future reference by researchers, scientists, historians, and scholars.

Enterprises are starting to utilize digital curation to improve the quality of information and data within their operational and strategic processes..

• ..... is expression, action and passion!• A recent concept

Curation tools

• Google news• Pearltrees, Paper.li, Pinterest, TumblR• Scoop.it

– Individual (5 topics, 1 curator)– Educational plan (30 topics, n

curators)– Business– Posts proposed by robot, pages found

by curator, posts edited by curator

Scoop.it .... Is Curation the answer

– Purpose: Knowledge watching – Material: information on internet

• From « dog manure » to GOLD digging

– Methods:among other tools• Choice of Scoop it

– Results: one year experience– Not just another social

network!– Future: U to B (University to Business)

Immunology topics covered 7/13by Educational plan on behalf of ASSIM• Immunology (open 7/11; 2863 posts, 4408

visitors; 6300 views)

• Mucosal Immunity (open 12/11; 643 posts, 685 visitors; 1000 views)

諀 Flow cytometry to cytomics (open 10/11; 1769 posts, 2646 visitors, 4500 views)

• Immunology and biotherapies (DIU) (open 7/12; 2026 posts; 1223 vis; 2000 views)

• Allergy and clinical immunology (DESC) (open 7/12, 356 posts, 387 vis, 570 views

• Autoimmunity (open 10/12; 413 posts; 178 vis; 413 views)

Topic: CME/CPD (06/13)http://www.scoop.it/t/cme-cpd

• Open Nov 18/11 – Actualized almost every day, ever

since

• Up to 200 proposals a day, – Much Noise: 2-3 % highly specific posts

• 948 Posts on 38 pages• 1300 views from 722 Visitors,• 5 Followers, • 1744 Reactions, • Score 28, Return index 1.85

Content

• Keywords– continuous medical education, UEMS, EACCME,

AMA, e-learning, life long learning

• Posts and Feelings– UEMS (id), EACCME (27 scoops)– Europe: cardiology, rheumatology, oncology,

haematology...– MOOCs– E-learning in Africa– CPD (?) in the USA, AMA

Science/Knowledge watchingon Scoop it (Share ideas that matters)

• A day to day duty for scientists and researchers like « Walking the dog »

• Scoop it: a virtual space– Not just another social network (tweeter,

blogs, linkedin...)– to collect and keep highly selected

informations • As well as others scooped by other

curators in your community– to find them when required

Summary

• Probably the best curation tool on the web• A virtual scientific news « journal » and

database easy to browse with pictures• The « Search » function is far better than

evoked • The human factor of curation is the added

value compared to robots (SEO Search engine optimization)

Acknowledgmentson behalf of ASSIM• GC Faure• M de Carvalho• MC Béné• Wuhan doctorate students (Chen Min,

Cai Huili, Tu Qian)

• Special thanks to Guillaume Decugis CEO of Scoop.it