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FAQs
General
JournalFeed helps you stay smart! Because medicine moves so fast, it can be hard to keep up. We search the literature for you, expertly summarize one important, relevant article each day, and send it to you by email every weekday and by audio every weekend. It’s the best way to keep up with EM, CC, PEM, and POCUS literature!
JournalFeed is inexpensive for students, residents, and those who need assistance. However, producing JournalFeed isn’t cheap. Great education means lots of hardworking people, expensive technology, administrative support, and lots of time. To make JournalFeed sustainable, we need to charge a small fee. We hope you’ll find it’s worth it.
We search thousands of abstracts each month, handpick the most important full-text articles, and write a summary with the bottom line, context, importance, key findings, and how it will change your practice. Written summaries are delivered to your email every weekday at 5:00AM central time. And we've added audio every day, so it will literally read the summary to you! You don’t have to go after the information. It flows to you. You learn over 250 EM articles a year. Like podcasts? Our weekend podcast does an in-depth critical analysis of all 5 articles each weekend. Our digital ebook compiles the best of the best landmark articles in one place. MAX & PREMIUM members can claim over 100 AMA PRA Category 1 ™ credits per year. This gives you depth.
We've also created Speed Read to give you breadth. We have fine-tuned our AI model to select the best, most relevant articles in almost all medical and surgical specialties. Speed Read only covers articles that hit PubMed in the past week, so you know you're getting the most up to date information!
Want a summary and critical analysis of an article we haven't covered on JournalFeed? You can use our PubMetric Article Analyzer to create your own easy-to-read summary and assess risk of bias for ANY article you want! It's like a JournalFeed choose-your-own-adventure!
No, we do not. Credit card information is processed by Stripe via encrypted connection and is not stored or handled by JournalFeed. Stripe has the highest security standards. JournalFeed saves the last 4 numbers of the card and expiration date when you sign up so you have proof of payment on your invoice (for CME fund reimbursement) and to send a reminder when your card nears expiration.
We care about people, and we care for patients first and foremost. We will never let patient care suffer for lack of resources. If you need access to JournalFeed to care for your patients and for any reason are not able to afford it, contact us immediately. We would be overjoyed to provide you an all-access pass for whatever you can afford! Please reach out.
From our Founder, Clay Smith.
During residency, things were a bit crazy in the pre-80-hour workweek era. I wanted a quick, easy way to keep up with current literature and tried several products, but they all felt wrong - too jaded, too stuffy, irrelevant article selection. After finishing residency and joining faculty, I did a lecture on the top trauma articles of 2007, which really resonated with the residents. This sparked a first iteration of a blog and podcast called Keeping Up. It was, possibly...a bit ambitious and not sustainable with a full time job and 7 kids. After a break and some more training, the idea of spoon-feeding one article a day was born.
You'll find that JournalFeed covers articles that actually matter to your daily practice. And they are summarized by actively practicing physicians who take the subject matter seriously but who don't take themselves too seriously. That makes JournalFeed not only helpful but fun to read. And since it's delivered right into your inbox, it makes it simple to keep up in your field. Enjoy!
~Clay
Clay Smith, MD
Journals We Cover
Emergency Medicine:
- Academic Emergency Medicine
- American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- BMJ
- Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Chest
- Circulation
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Critical Care
- Critical Care Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- JAMA
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- JAMA Network Open
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
- Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
- Lancet
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Pediatrics
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Resuscitation
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Other Medical Journals:
- Academic Pediatrics
- Acta Paediatrica
- American Family Physician
- American Journal of Medicine
- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- American Journal of Public Health
- Annals of Family Medicine
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Australian Journal of General Practice
- BMC Family Practice
- BMC Pediatrics
- British Journal of General Practice
- British Journal of General Practice Open
- Canadian Family Physician
- Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Diabetes Care
- European Journal of General Practice
- Family Medicine
- Family Medicine and Community Health
- Family Practice
- Gastroenterology
- Hospital Pediatrics
- Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Journal of Community Health
- Journal of Family Practice
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Journal of Hospital Medicine
- Journal of Internal Medicine
- Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
- Journal of Rural Health
- Journal of Women's Health
- Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
- Lancet Public Health
- Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Nature Medicine
- NEJM AI Journal
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Pediatric Diabetes
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Pediatric Research
- Preventive Medicine
- Primary Care
- Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
- Primary Health Care Research & Development
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
- Southern Medical Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics
Just use the contact form, the "mail" icon in the footer. Or go here: https://journalfeed.org/contact/
Yes, we do! Get it in the App Store here!
URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journalfeed/id6741214807
We have free tools to simply help all clinicians. Ask Alex allows several free clinical queries. Pubmetric allows you to analyze up to 3 articles. We have a free penicillin-cephalosporin cross-reactivity tool, acid-base calculator, and PE workup interactive guide. We also have some EBM tools so you can check a fragility index, use a Fagan nomogram, and calculate sensitivity, specificity, etc or switch the treatment mode and calculate RR, NNT/NNH, and more by just plugging in the numbers. You can also take the daily and weekly quizzes for free. But if you make an account, this will track your scores, streaks, and quiz gamification is all Napoleon Dynamite themed! It's freaking sweet!
Subscriptions
- BASIC – If you don’t select a membership or your membership expires, this is the entry level. It’s the free email list...
- SPEED – Full site access to written summaries, only excerpts are sent by email, Speed Read, PubMetric access, no landmark eBook, no CME or videos. SPEED is $120 billed annually (which is only $10/mo).
- CORE – Full site access to written summaries, full written & audio summaries by email, landmark articles eBook access, POCUS Pro, Speed Read and PubMetric access; no private podcast access, CME, or videos. CORE is $180 billed annually (which is only $15/mo).
- MAX – All CORE features plus CME credit, Amal Mattu and JournalFeed EM Top Picks videos, full 5-article podcast, and select LLSA study guides. MAX is $300 billed annually (which is only $25/mo).
- PREMIUM - All MAX features plus Monthly Top 10 articles - audio and PDF, Quarterly Q&A with Clay and guest, Annual Grand Rounds - Clay's Top Picks from the year, unlimited PubMetric reports, discounts, meet & greet at any JournalFeed conference.
Just go to our Pricing page, pick your membership level, register, and get the Spoon Feed! Subscriptions auto-renew annually. We do not have a monthly billing option. You will be notified before renewal and have the opportunity to cancel.
If you want to renew early, just reach out to us via the Contact Form page here: https://journalfeed.org/contact/ .
On the checkout page, there is a small blue hyperlink that says Have a coupon? Just click that and enter the coupon code here.
The best way to register is to sign up for a free trial. This will create a JournalFeed account for you, and you will have access to our MAX subscription for 7 days. You can register for a free account and trial here: https://journalfeed.org/sign-up/.
Yes, we do! See this page: https://journalfeed.org/groups/.
You will be prompted to choose your areas of interest just after checkout. In case you missed it, just open any JournalFeed article summary email and click “Update your profile” if you want to change groups (i.e. EM, PEM, Critical Care, POCUS, or weekend only).
You'll also be prompted to choose the Speed Read email groups you prefer. Pick any or all specialties!
You can change your email preferences anytime by logging into the JournalFeed site, Account, and change email preferences. On desktop, see the left hand margin. On mobile, click the upper right menu dropdown to change email preferences.
It’s simple! Just make sure you are logged into the JournalFeed site, Account (top menu) → Subscriptions → Actions ⋮ → Change Plan → JournalFeed MAX or PREMIUM upgrade you want.
For security, you will enter your credit card information, and you will be immediately upgraded to the next level on a prorated basis.
Yes, there is! We verify student/resident status. You can get a steep discount on SPEED, CORE, or MAX by using the coupon code on the membership registration page. Again, we verify student/resident status. The coupon codes are listed for you on the checkout pages.
If you are EMS, RN, or military, we offer discounts for you as well! These are right there for you on each checkout page. Honor system...
No problem. Go to your Account -> Subscriptions -> Change Plan. If you’re at MAX level, just select the CORE level, and it will downgrade your subscription on a prorated basis. You will lose access to CME credit, videos, and LLSA guides. If the proration calculations are off, please contact us and we will make it right. Don’t accidentally downgrade to one of the free levels or it will cancel your paid subscription and you will lose access. If this happens, just contact us, and we will be glad to help.
No problem. You can cancel your subscription anytime via your Account -> Subscriptions -> Pause or Cancel. You will still have access for the full year’s subscription you purchased, but it will not renew on the one-year anniversary. If you want to cancel and get a refund, see the next FAQ.
If you are not satisfied with JournalFeed and need to request a refund within 60 days of purchase, you may get a full refund. This will both cancel your subscription and remove access to membership portions of JournalFeed. Contact us for refund requests.
It’s easy. Just go to your Account -> Subscriptions -> Update.
Yes! CORE, MAX, & PREMIUM subscriptions offer not only full, unlimited access to the written content but also delivery of each new post in full by email (now with audio so it literally reads the post to you!), complete with links to the source article in PubMed and other resources. This saves you time. You don’t go after the information. The information comes to you every morning at 5:00AM central time. This is what we mean by Spoon Feeding. It looks like this. SPEED only gets the excerpt, not the full summary.
Full JournalFeed post is sent by email, with link to original source article in PubMed.Depending on what you need, there could be two steps.
Step 1: To change the email address where you get your daily Spoon Feed emails, go into any email and click “Update your profile” at the bottom of any email.
Step 2: If you want to change the email associated with your JournalFeed account, your name, or your JournalFeed login password, go to your Account -> Home.
Go to the Log In page and click Forgot Password to reset it.
Yes! To try JournalFeed MAX for free, just register here: https://journalfeed.org/sign-up/.
See the top menu, far right corner and click the log in button. On mobile, click the three vertical lines (like this: ☰) on the upper right corner, scroll to the bottom, click Login.
When you first download the iPhone app, you will not be logged in. Under Menu, just click Log-in / Log Out. Or simply visit any protected item, like CME or Videos, or view >2 posts, and you will be prompted to log in. Once you log in, it should keep you logged in for your entire in-app experience.
Podcast
Do we ever! We have a free podcast that gives you audio for 1-2 EM articles a week on Saturday. MAX & PREMIUM subscribers have access to a private podcast feed with physician-recorded, in-depth, critical analysis of all five articles every Saturday. Get the Spoon Feed through your earbuds!
Also, we've made it even easier. CORE, MAX, & PREMIUM subscribers get not only the full written posts daily but an audio version of the post that literally reads it for you, so you can learn on the go - while you exercise, commute, or whenever!
MAX & PREMIUM members have access to the private JournalFeed podcast, with all 5 articles covered each weekend. The public podcast covers only 1-2 key articles a week. Note: The email with your private podcast link will come from Captivate.fm, not JournalFeed, and will send your custom link within 1-2 business days after you sign up. Once you get the custom link, just follow these directions below to set up your favorite podcasting app (Note: Spotify does not support any private podcasts). Link here: https://journalfeed.org/how-do-i-set-up-the-private-podcast/.
If you can't find your link or need us to resend it, just reach out via the contact form!
There are several reasons you may not receive the daily emails once you become a subscriber.
- Spam - The emails are going into a Spam or Promotions folder. Depending on your email platform, you will need to "unspam" us.
- Gmail tips - If you have Gmail, search All Mail, especially the Promotions folder. To reroute JournalFeed emails to your inbox, drag and drop the email from Promotions to Inbox and click “Yes” to do this with future emails.
- Work or Outlook - If you use a work email, you may need to add our email address ending in @journalfeed.org to your safe senders list.
- One Saturday Email - If you selected One Saturday Email when choosing your email preferences, you will - as the name implies - only get one Saturday email. You won't get daily emails. Go to the bottom of any article summary email or the Welcome email and click Update your profile.
- No Preference Selected - You have to pick Emergency Medicine, CC, PEM, POCUS - any or all of the above. If you don't select what emails you want to receive, you won't receive any emails. Go to the bottom of an article summary or the Welcome email and click Update your profile.
- Hard bounce - If you're using an academic or work email address and you no longer work there or are no longer in residency, your email will bounce. Use a personal email instead, like a Gmail address.
- Typo - If you entered your email incorrectly to sign up, you won't get any emails. If you've never gotten any emails from us, this is probably the reason. Contact us via the contact link on the footer of the website.
- Glitch - Every once in a while, our site or emails glitch out and may not send.
No problem! If you want to rejoin the email list, you can do so here: https://journalfeed.kit.com/eab17b797f. Make sure you re-subscribe with the same email you previously used, and it will restore your access privileges as before (full summaries by email if CORE or MAX subscription).
You can unsubscribe at any time. But remember, getting the posts sent to you by email is one of the perks of membership. Just open any JournalFeed email, scroll to the bottom, and click “unsubscribe from this list” and you will immediately be removed from the email list. If you want to rejoin the email list, we can’t re-subscribe you manually, but you can do so at this link. As long as you re-subscribe with the same email you used previously, you will rejoin with the same access privileges as before (full posts by email if CORE or MAX). Don’t unsubscribe unless that’s what you really want to do. You can update your email preferences as an alternative to unsubscribing. Important: This does not unsubscribe you from system-generated emails from JournalFeed.org about your account, such as card expiration, payment receipt, or subscription changes.
No problem! But remember, part of what makes it easy to learn is by getting one little nugget a day. This is also one of the perks of the CORE or MAX subscription.
You can change your email preferences any time. Important: The once-weekly email only gives excerpts.
Open any JournalFeed email and scroll to the bottom. Click “Update your profile“.
There are three ways:
- In any daily article summary email, go to the bottom and click Update your profile.
- Or go to Account (top menu) → EM/CC/PEM/POCUS Email Preferences. This does the same thing as step 1.
- To change Speed Read Email Preferences, go to Account (top menu) → Speed Read Email Preferences. Toggle on or off the specialties you want to receive each morning.
CME
Yes, we do! Please see our CME page to learn more.
CME credit is only available for MAX and PREMIUM subscribers. If you have CORE or SPEED, you will not have access to the CME activities. Our per credit cost for CME is very low, some of the least expensive CME credit you'll find.
To upgrade to MAX or PREMIUM, make sure you are logged into the JournalFeed site, go to Account (on top menu) → Subscriptions → Actions ⋮ → Change Plan → JournalFeed MAX or PREMIUM!
For security, you will enter your credit card information, and you will be immediately upgraded to the next level on a prorated basis.
Once you complete the post-activity evaluation, the certificate will be automatically emailed to you.
LLSA
MAX & PREMIUM subscribers get access to select LLSA Quick Study Guides. Here is the full 2014 LLSA Quick Study Guide if you’d like to see a sample. There are four years available. The guides are written like JournalFeed – brief, entertaining, fun to read, and packed with practical pearls you can use in practice. And they are focused on guiding you to the right answers. We don’t think you can find LLSA test study materials that will help you learn more or pass the tests faster than what you’ll find with JournalFeed. ABEM is phasing out the LLSA exams in favor of MyEMCert. Any certification scenario only requires 4 LLSA tests at this point, which is why we offer four.