Journal of Contemporary Medical Education DOI: 10.5455/jcme.20170620103357 www.scopemed.org 34 J Contemp Med Edu ● Vol 5 ● Issue 2 ● 2017 INTRODUCTION The development of medical toxicology as a specialty is important to improving care of the poisoned patient. At present, medical toxicology education is lacking in some countries [1]. Limited or no access to poisons information and medical toxicology services further limits educational opportunities [2]. Often to gain relevant experience and knowledge, clinicians need to travel or attend conferences. This is not always feasible for some clinicians due to cost, resource and/or time limitations. To meet the education gap posed by these limitations and to improve global medical toxicology education, the Global Educational Toxicology Uniting Project (GETUP) was created in 2013 to link countries with and without medical toxicology services through videoconferencing [3]. The main audience was first line medical care providers, especially emergency department doctors in developing countries. GETUP is structured around the organization of regular videoconferences attended by registered sites. Sessions are dedicated to discussing poisoning cases using readily available conferencing software. Discussions are typically centered around mechanisms of poisoning, rational testing and investigations, and treatment options in resource-limited areas. Since the institution of the project, multiple sites have formed conferencing groups to perform these regular case discussions. Despite the flexibility afforded by a decentralized conferencing schedule among partnered sites, some institutions may still be unavailable during conference times due to time zone differences, or competing commitments. Recorded video permits these conferences to be watched at a later time. YouTube was formed in 2005 as a website based video sharing medium used to share various video content and YouTube™ is a feasible tool to disseminate educational toxicology videoconferences: e global educational toxicology uniting project (GETUP) Anselm Wong 1,2 , Rais Vohra 3 , Anne Creaton 4 , Zeff Koutsogiannis 1 , Shaun L Greene 1 Original Research ABSTRACT Introduction: The Global Educational Toxicology Uniting Project (GETUP) has filled an important void in global education about poisoning management by linking countries with and without toxicology services through videoconferencing and educating primary health care doctors and other health professionals. However, time zone incompatibilities among geographically remote sites may mean some parties are unable to attend all videoconferences. Recorded video is one potential solution for asynchronous learning using GETUP case materials, but its utilization has not been adequately defined. We aimed to assess the feasibility of YouTube to disseminate recorded toxicology videoconferences and analyze its usage. Methods: We performed a review of nine recorded videoconferences recorded on Google Hangouts™ and stored on YouTube™ from March 2014 to August 2015. YouTube Analytics™ data were used to measure web traffic and viewer trends. Results: There were 204 views of the nine videoconferences during the study period. The main groups involved in making the recorded conferences included the Austin Toxicology Service, Victoria, Australia; Fresno Toxicology Service, California, USA and the emergency department, Suva, Fiji. The majority of views (59%) were by viewers in the 25-34 age bracket. Viewers were located in 20 countries over six continents. 33% (67 views) were from 18 states in the USA. Devices used to playback these conferences included a computer (93%), mobile phone (5.3%), tablet (1%), and unknown (0.7%). Conclusion: Recorded video available over the internet is feasible method to disseminate toxicology based educational videoconferences around the world and gather important information about how medical professionals tend to consume case-based toxicology educational contents. KEY WORDS: Video, telemedicine, internet, teletoxicology 1 Austin Toxicology Service, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia, 2 School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia, 3 University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Center. California Poison Control System, Fresno Division, 4 Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji Address for correspondence: Dr. Anselm Wong, Emergency Department, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia. E-mail: anselm. wong@austin.org.au Received: January 11, 2017 Accepted: March 10, 2017 Published: August 15, 2017