Rorschach Test Scandal on Wikipedia: Poll August 3, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in eHealth, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0, Wikipedia.10 comments
The Rorschach test is used for examining the personality characteristics and emotional functioning of patients as their perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed.
New York Times had a report about Dr. James Heilman who posted all 10 pictures on the site, along with research about the most popular responses to each. Of course, it led to a heated debate whether this information should be accessed on Wikipedia or not.
The article is protected from editing until 6, August but there are serious debates on the talk page. One example:
All of the pictures of the Inkblot Cards need to be removed. Posting them contaminates this tool, The Rorschach Test. Posting the popular responses further contaminates this test. It is a simple case of scuppering a professional clinical tool and needs to be stopped. – Comment of Edith Meyers who has PhD in Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology.
It has recently been suggested to use the hide template that would hide the word associations, so only those who want to read them would be motivated to click “show”.
As a medical student and Wikipedia administrator, I believe such things happen. It’s impossible to hide that kind of information, but revealing these possible answers can really ruin the test itself. Solution? A hide template with a clear warning for possible patients might be one of them. What do you think?
3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare August 3, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical journalism, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Second Life, Virtuality, Web 2.0.add a comment
I’m a real fan of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research and they came up with something really innovative again. The newest issue focuses on how virtual worlds can be used in medicine and healthcare.
I’ve been working in this field for years and it’s vibrating to see so many interesting projects in the virtual worlds.
- Top 10: Virtual Medical Sites in Second Life!
- How and Why to use Second Life for Education?
- Scientific Events in Second Life?
- 23andMe in Second Life: LIVE
- Nature’s role in e-Science: Second Life conference LIVE
- Famous Scientific Bloggers in Second Life: LIVE
- Live Coverage: SciFoo lives on session about videos in science
- Live Coverage Now: SciFoo lives on session about the definition of Open Science
- SciFoo lives on in Second Life: Web 2.0 and Medicine
- SciFoo lives on: in Second Life
- Live Blogging Today: First Medical Simulation in Second Life!
- Near-real Clinical Experience in Second Life
- Unique Medical Simulation in Second Life!
- Everything about Second Life and Medical Education
- New Educational Tools in Second Life
- Genetics in Second Life
- Medical Training in Second Life
- Virtual Medical Center: the Future of Medical Education
- NHS London in Second Life
- Interview about the genetic revolution of Second Life
- Electronic Medical Records in a Virtual Hospital: Interview!
- Forterra: Medical Simulations and Hospital Training
- From Virtuality to Reality: Second Life Fitness
Describing PLoS Medicine through Videos August 3, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in e-Science, Medical journalism, Open Access, science, Video, Web 2.0.add a comment
Ginny Barbour, Chief Editor for PLoS Medicine talks about the beginnings and day to day operation of an online open access medical journal.
Cameron Neylon discusses how article-level metrics can make online research easier (I’ve recently covered - 
-this issue):
Other videos were also published:
Surgery and Web 2.0: Call for Submissions August 3, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Surgery, Web 2.0, Webicina.add a comment
I’ve been creating free medical Web 2.0 Guidance Packages on Webicina.com for patients and for doctors as well. Such a package contains all the quality selected web 2.0 tools from blogs and communities to online slideshows and wikis that focus on one medical condition or medical specialty.
The next package will be dedicated to Surgery, so if you know
- quality blogs
- news sites
- resources, tools
- podcasts
- community sites
- Twitter users
- wikis
- Youtube channels; video sites
- mobile applications
- slideshows
- clinical cases, images
focusing on surgery, please let me know so I can include your suggestions.
Thank you!
That’s what we have so far:
- How to keep yourself up-to-date in medicine?
- How to write a quality medical blog?
- How to give a remarkable slideshow?
- Neurology 2.0
- Rheumatology 2.0
- Radiology 2.0
- Diabetes 2.0
- Depression 2.0
- Cancer 2.0
- Pregnancy 2.0
- Weight Loss 2.0
Anne Wojcicki on 23andMe Research Revolution August 3, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in 23andMe, genetics, Video, Web 2.0.add a comment
I’ve found this video on Eye on DNA. Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, talks about Research Revolution, a new project of them.
Weight Loss 2.0: Webicina Web Guidance Package August 1, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0, Webicina.8 comments
The web is full of advertisements, spams and false information focusing on weight loss so collecting the best resources from the highest quality was a real challenge but it’s a pleasure to present the newest Package from Webicina, the first medical web 2.0 guidance service. Weight Loss 2.0 is a free comprehensive resource containing all the web 2.0 tools from quality blogs and communities to online slideshows and mobile applications that people interested in weight loss can use in their health management.
Please take a look at the table of contents:
- News and Information on Weight Loss
- Weight Loss in the Blogosphere
- Weight Loss Podcasts and Interviews
- Weight Loss Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums
- Microblogging: Twitter and Friendfeed
- Weight Loss Wikis
- Weight Loss Videos, animations and videocasts
- Mobile Applications
- Social Bookmarking
- Medical Search Engines
- Slideshows about Weight Loss
Next week, we will release a Web Guidance Package dedicated to autism.
