From 2008 to 2009

2008 was a really successful year for me. Of course, the most important thing is I launched Webicina.com, a service that aims to serve as a bridge between medical professionals and e-patients.

I launched a university credit course on medicine 2.0 and gave slideshows at several conferences:

• the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference (Long Beach, CA; January, 2008)
• the University of Yale, School of Medicine (February, 2008)
• the clinics of Greenwich (February, 2008)
• Web 2.0 Symposium, Budapest, Hungary (March, 2008)
• the centre of World Health Organization (July, 2008)
• the 20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology in Vienna, Austria (August, 2008)
• the Medicine 2.0 Congress in Toronto, Canada (September, 2008)

Some of the best posts this year:

January:

• New Tips: How to search for genetic conditions
• Physician of the Year: A Web-Savvy Doctor!

February:

• Grand Rounds 4.22: The Future of Medicine
• Interview with Jay Parkinson, the web-savvy doctor
• Web 2.0 and Medicine: The Slideshow
• Everything about Second Life and Medical Education

March:

• What you have to know about personalized genetics
• Do you hate Pubmed? Here is the solution!
• Dangers of Web 2.0: In Medicine
• Tonight Live on the Dr. A Show!

April:

• The real danger of web 2.0
• Ozmosis vs Sermo: Answers

May:

• Web 2.0 and Medicine Course: Join Us!
• Community Sites for Scientists and Physicians: The List
• Call Your Doctor Online: The Future of Medicine?
• The Mission of Navigenics: Interview

June:

• 23andMe in Second Life: LIVE
• Jay Parkinson and Hello Health

July:

• World Health Organization: 3 Days in Geneva
• Web vs real life: Advice for medical students
• The E-Patient
• Medical Education Evolution: Time for a change

August:

• The impact of web 2.0 on medicine and healthcare (SMIT 2008)
• Unique Medical Simulation in Second Life!

September:

• Online Reputation: Tips and Tricks
• Google Founder, Parkinson’s Disease and Good Marketing?
• Medicine 2.0 with the eye of a medical student blogger

October:

• Webicina: Let the discussion begin
• Twitter Directory: Find Professionals Easily

November:

• What you have to know about Twitter
• 23andMe Poem: Enough to make you spit?
• PRWeb: Webicina goes forward
• Tips and Tricks: Is Twitter reliable?

December:

• The Bridge: Do you want to change healthcare?
• Twitterview: The Future of Medicine in 140 Characters
• The Youngest Twitterer and the Future of Health Management

Thank you for following Scienceroll in 2008. I hope you will be with me in 2009 as well.

Happy New Year!

Berci Mesko