What is a foraging tool? It is a tool or program that searches for important updates in the literature, and sends you automatic alerts (usually in email form). Some people love them, some people don't. While they add to email burden and are easily deleted, they are one way of staying abreast of some (not all) new developments in family medicine if used appropriately (systematic method of making sure you read them). One example of a foraging tool is the Daily POEM, put out by EE+. Other organizations have similar daily/weekly/monthly emails. How do you know a good tool from a less useful one? See Link below for one way to distinguish the two.