PeRSSonalized Nephrology: Selected News, Blogs, Journals, Twitter and Youtube January 4, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.add a comment
PeRSSonalized Medicine is an easy-to-use, free aggregator of quality medical information that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles about a medical specialty or a medical condition in one personalized place.
Now here is the newest category, PeRSSonalized Nephrology with all the quality news sites, blogs, peer-reviewed journals and web 2.0 tools focusing on nephrology.
Many thanks to Moises Auron MD (blog and Twitter), Assistant Professor of Medicine of Cleveland Clinic who helped a lot by sending me tons of quality nephrology resources.
Some reasons why it is unique:
- You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web.
- You can personalize any of the sections.
- You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, etc. and click Search. Then you can add the newly created box to your personalized medical “journal”.
- It is a community-based project. Please let us know which quality resources should be added to the database.
Un-Facebooking Tips for Medical Professionals January 4, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, Facebook, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
Whenever I talk about medical professionals using social media, people are surprised by what I say. Most of people think they can hide online and never have to reveal their real identity. I think they are wrong. In the online world, it’s much easier to find out private information about someone who wasn’t cautious enough than in real life. A recent example includes Doctors warned of Facebook flirts (e-Health article):
The Medical Defence Union said it was aware of a number of cases where patients have attempted to proposition doctors by sending them an unsolicited message on Facebook or similar sites. The medical defence body said it would be “wholly inappropriate” to respond to a patient making an advance in such a way.
If you are a medical professional and a member of Facebook, the popular social networking site, here are a few suggestions, tips for you to avoid privacy issues.
A Wiki about Doing Research January 4, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical journalism, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0, Wiki.2 comments
Dean Giustini just published a fantastic list of educational guides that will help you when you have to do some research and have questions. It’s intended for librarians but I think any kind of medical professionals will find what they are looking for. The material is on HLWiki Canada. A few of the great collections:
