Online Repositories

Canadian Healthcare Education Commons

Website

Publication fee: no

Affiliated organization: Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)

Peer-Reviewed: No

The CHEC-CESC mission is to provide an online environment and associated commons to share educational materials, designs and practices associated with healthcare education in whatever form across the continuum and between professions in Canada. The CHEC-CESC Commons is a place to support collaborative learning and teaching for the health professions. Members can interact, share, and create resources in a secure and simple online environment.  CHEC-CESC is designed and open to all Canadian faculties of medicine and their associated faculty, students and staff.

MedEdPortal

Website

Author guidelines

Publication fee: no

Affiliated organization: Association of American Medical Colleges

Peer-Reviewed: Yes

MedEdPORTAL Publications promotes educational scholarship and collaboration by facilitating the open exchange of peer-reviewed health education teaching and assessment resources. MedEdPORTAL Publications maintains a rigorous peer review process based on standards used in the scholarly publishing community. Each submission is scrutinized by editorial staff and independent reviewers using a standardized review instrument grounded in the tenets of scholarship. Accepted publications receive a formal citation and are considered pieces of educational scholarship that may be referenced in support of faculty advancement decisions.

MedEdWorld

Website

Author guidelines

Publication fee: Anyone can access and browse the site, registration as a user (at no cost) and full MedEdWorld membership offer additional benefits. MedEdWorld membership is a benefit of individual and institutional AMEE membership.

Affiliated organization: Association for Medical Education in Europe

Description: MedEdWorld is an international health professions community of individuals and educational organisations whose purpose is the sharing of information, ideas, experience and expertise. MedEdWorld includes: MedEdWorld Publish, a e-library of previously unpublished papers relating to health professions education; a new database of Masters’ courses in health professions education; and the MedEdWorld Glossary, a dynamic database that is a source of information about the expanding vocabulary used in medical education. This will support institutional members who require educational assistance in specific areas to identify consultants with appropriate expertise.

Medical Education Online

Website

Author guidelines

Publication fee: yes

Affiliated organization: n/a

Peer-Reviewed: Yes

Medical Education Online is a peer-reviewed international Open Access journal for disseminating information on the education and training of physicians and other health care professionals. It was launched in 1996 as the first ever freely available online journal in the field of medical education and has since then grown to become a highly regarded source of information in this area. MEO publishes Editorials, Original articles, Review articles, Letters to the Editor, and Book reviews.

Merlot

Website

Membership required

Publication fee: no

Affiliated organization: California State University (and partners)

Peer-Reviewed: Yes

Merlot is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.

TSpace

Website

Author guidelines

Publication fee: no

Affiliated organization: University of Toronto

Peer-Reviewed: No

TSpace is a free and secure research repository established by University of Toronto Libraries to disseminate and preserve the scholarly record of the University of Toronto community, including faculty and graduate student research. All items in TSpace are openly accessible. TSpace accepts submissions from anyone affliated with the University of Toronto who has a teaching/research appointment or sponsorship from a faculty member.