Print vs. online media

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Permalink Reply by Skip Kirkwood on October 26, 2009 at 7:04am

Surely. So does PEC, Academic Emergecy Medicine, etc. But all the reasearch is clinical research - and there is so much more research that is needed! How about scholarly, evidence-based articles about keeping EMS fleets on the road, hiring the best people, financial management, legal issues, etc., etc?? If I want clinical research I can find it easily - the other, not so much.

Joe P. said:

Skip Kirkwood said:

As far as JEMS, I'd like to see more scholarly work, with some science and reference, at a higher reading level.

Just in case you didn't know, the Journal of Emergency Medicine regularly publishes research papers regarding disaster and prehospital care.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Durkee on October 26, 2009 at 7:34am

the "Jobs" section is always helpful, even if one is not currently looking for a new job. It's good to see which agencies/regions are hiring and the salaries they offer. I can't think of a better place for a line EMT or Medic to look for a new job other than JEMS.com. Still, it might be worth improving... figuring out a way to get most agencies to post their EMS openings on JEMS.

-Tom

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Permalink Reply by TheCannulator on October 26, 2009 at 7:57am

So for what it's worth a more holistic product!

Skip Kirkwood said:

Surely. So does PEC, Academic Emergecy Medicine, etc. But all the reasearch is clinical research - and there is so much more research that is needed! How about scholarly, evidence-based articles about keeping EMS fleets on the road, hiring the best people, financial management, legal issues, etc., etc?? If I want clinical research I can find it easily - the other, not so much.

Joe P. said:

Skip Kirkwood said:

As far as JEMS, I'd like to see more scholarly work, with some science and reference, at a higher reading level.

Just in case you didn't know, the Journal of Emergency Medicine regularly publishes research papers regarding disaster and prehospital care.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Friese on October 26, 2009 at 8:22am

Skip's idea of more articles about operations that are evidence based is a good one.

To follow-up on one response about my suggestion for character driven articles I am not proposing fictional articles but articles about the real people of EMS. An Outside Magazine article about climbing Mount Everest is not a technical review of the bottom to top climb, but a story told through the eyes and voices of the climbers.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Bouthillet on October 26, 2009 at 11:29am

Particularly with the advent of social media, the line between education and advertising is becoming blurred. I think JEMS needs to do a better job declaring conflicts of interest with the authors and presenters of webcasts. A simple tag line like "Dr. So-and-So declares no conflicts of interest" or "Dr. So-and-So declares that he has received honoraria and educational grants from the following companies..."

Tom

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Bell on October 26, 2009 at 12:26pm

Hi Tom: Thanks for bringing up a good point about disclosure statements. We've made a concerted effort in the past year to disclosure contributor relationships when material is specifically sponsored by one of our advertisers. For example, we ask all of our webcast speakers to include a Conflict of Interest Statement or Affiliations Statement at the beginning of their presentations (see samples in archived webcasts). We also include these statements in the special focus supplements we publish (see examples). We agree with you that these disclosures are critical in drawing the line between education and advertising.

Tom Bouthillet said:

Particularly with the advent of social media, the line between education and advertising is becoming blurred. I think JEMS needs to do a better job declaring conflicts of interest with the authors and presenters of webcasts. A simple tag line like "Dr. So-and-So declares no conflicts of interest" or "Dr. So-and-So declares that he has received honoraria and educational grants from the following companies..."

Tom

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Permalink Reply by Lauren Coartney on October 26, 2009 at 2:46pm

Skip, do you read EMS Insider, our monthly EMS leadership newsletter? We post 1-2 free articles a month at jems.com/emsinsider.

We always get a positive response on it from our readers (and non-subscribers clamor for it at conferences). Also, it was just referenced on Slate.com (via AP)! ("Ambulances for the Ample": http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/)


Skip Kirkwood said:

As far as reading articles, I find jems.com a bit hard to follow. The front page is very busy and not well organized (to my eye). I tend to prefer full-page (or close to) formats rather than multiple, variable width columns stuck on a narrow screen format. When I click on a link, I never quite know what's going to happen, and pop-up ads are as annoying as people who hijack threads!

That being said, the timeliness of on-line journals, the ability to search are great, and of course you don't have to kill trees to produce it!

As far as JEMS, I'd like to see more scholarly work, with some science and reference, at a higher reading level. And I really think that the industry needs a journal devoted to leadership, managment, administration etc. Such journals exist in law enforcement and the fire service, but EMS has only two "one size fits all" publications for everyone from new member to long-term large agency chief executive.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Bouthillet on October 26, 2009 at 2:58pm

Lisa -

I was hoping to not get into specifics, but if you take this example:

How Mechanical CPR Devices Are Changing EMS Protocols

It states "Sponsored by Physio-Control" but it doesn't say that sponsorship is an unrestricted educational grant. I also don't see a disclosure statement for Charles Lick, MD.

Or are you saying that you get to hear the disclosure statement after you register? If so, then I would suggest the disclosure statement should occur prior to registration, especially since the small print at the bottom states that by registering you agree to receive "emails, faxes, direct mail, and telemarketing from Jems.com, parent company Elsevier Public Safety and sponsors of this event."

Tom

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