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Social Media in Medicine course: The Announcement! December 14, 2011

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.
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I launched a course at the University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center in 2008 in order to help medical and public health students learn more about social media. Now, after several semesters, the course developed a lot and I still teach students about the basics of social media, through blogging, Twitter, Facebook, searching and many other topics. Here are the weekly summaries of this semester. This was the last semester in Debrecen and I’ve got two announcements to make.

1) From February, I will teach the course at Semmelweis University of Budapest, the oldest medical school in Hungary (1769) with even more students (hundreds of them) and through 14 weeks instead of 10.

2) I will make the course totally online in February! It means any students, medical professionals or even patients could watch the Prezis, take the course and get the certification that they know what they have to know about social media and medicine. More details later!

I’m very excited about these and I hope you are also looking forward to seeing the site online!

Internet in Medicine University Course: A New Semester! September 26, 2011

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Education, Health 2.0, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.
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It’s a real pleasure to announce that the new semester of the Internet in Medicine course which I just presented at the Stanford Summit 2011 will launch this Wednesday (28th of September)  with 140 registered students. In the first week’s lecture, I’ll give a detailed introduction to web 2.0/social media and highlight potential applications and solutions in medicine and healthcare through a Prezi.com slideshow.

  • Time: 28th of September, 17:00
  • Location: Lecture Hall of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Debrecen

The materials and some of the slideshows will be posted on Med20course.com throughout the whole semester. I’m very excited about that and also about the changes I made to the course structure based on the feedback I received from last semester’s students.

We will go through the basics of social media, medical blogging, microblogging, RSS, virtual worlds, using Facebook as medical professionals and many more relevant topics.

Read more about last semesters’ lectures…

Social Media in Medicine course: Medical blogging April 12, 2011

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Blogging, Medicine 2.0 Course, Video, Web 2.0.
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The 2nd week fo the world’s first university course focusing on medicine and social media focused on medical blogging. Here are the links and definitions I mentioned.

In the second slideshow, I described how to start a new blog step-by-step.

  • You need to answer 3 questions first before starting a blog:
  • What kind of blogger will I be? (there are 7 types)
  • Where should I blog? WordPress.com, Blogger.com, Typepad.com, etc.
  • How should I blog?
  • My “3 blogging rule” described what you need to become a good blogger: commitment, consistency and openness
  • Shared many examples about how to build a successful medical blog.

Take-home message:

A medical blog can be a perfect channel to make new contacts, find new opportunities and share your ideas with the world.

The 2 slideshows are described in details on Webicina.com’s e-guide:

See you next week when we will talk about Twitter in Medicine and also how to keep yourself up-to-date with RSS.

Internet in Medicine Course Week 1: Web 2.0 and Medicine March 10, 2011

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine 2.0 Course, Slideshow, Video, Web 2.0.
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The new semester of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media just launched with 130 registered students. Here are the core points of my presentations as well as useful videos and links. In the first week’s lecture, the aim was to give a detailed introduction of web 2.0/social media and to highlight potential applications and solutions in medicine and healthcare through a Prezi.com slideshow.

  • This is still the first and only university accredited course about web 2.0 and medicine for medical, dentistry, pharmacy and public health students.
  • Results from last semester’s surveys which will soon be published in a medical journal.
  • Highlighting the blog of the course and the Facebook page as well where we can interact.
  • Positive examples of web 2.0 such as the story of Dave Carroll or the Friendfeed story and:
  • Social media statistics
  • Dangers: E-patients – google patients; privacy on social networking sites; mistakes in doctor-patient communication
  • Potential solutions: Webicina.com; Hon.ch, evidence-based medicine in social media (JMIR)
  • I described what web 2.0 or social media means.
  • As first examples, I talked about Jay Parkinson and Tamás Horváth.
  • The core points of the lectures of the next 9 weeks (blogging, Twitter, RSS, Wikipedia, social networking, e-patients, Second Life, practicing online, collaboration, podcasts, new media, education 2.0, Google, semantic search, future of web 2.0)
  • Future: semantic web, mobilhealth, wireless apps, e-patients (Quantified Self), personalization, geotagging and rational web usage
  • The rest of the slideshow was based on what I have recently presented in The Netherlands.

Next week’s topic: Google story and medical search engines

Internet in Medicine University Course: A New Semester March 2, 2011

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.
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It’s a real pleasure to announce that the new semester of my Internet in Medicine course which I will present at the Stanford Summit 2011 will be launched this Thursday with 140 registered students. In the first week’s lecture, the aim is to give a detailed introduction to web 2.0/social media and to highlight potential applications and solutions in medicine and healthcare through a Prezi.com slideshow.

This semester is in English and I plan to come up with assessments/tasks as well for the students, of course, through social media.

  • Time: 3rd of March, 17:00
  • Location: Lecture Hall of the Department of Pathology, University of Debrecen

The materials and some of the slideshows will be posted on Med20course.com throughout the whole semester.

Read more about last semesters’ lectures…

Stanford Summit 2011! January 31, 2011

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Conference, Medical education, Medicine 2.0 Course.
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I was honoured to be invited to speak at the upcoming Stanford Summit about the university course I launched in Debrecen in 2008 that helps medical, dentistry, pharmacy and public health students become web-savvy regarding social media, digital technologies and e-patient connections.

The Stanford Summit @ Medicine 2.0 is a special one-day event that will occur on September 16, 2011, on the eve of the Fourth World Congress on Social Media and Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Science. It is designed to complement, yet be distinctly different from the two-day academically-focused Medicine 2.0 conference.

I guess you can spot a few names among the confirmed speakers.

Internet in Medicine University Course: Semester is over December 21, 2010

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.
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I believe that this is still the first and only university accredited course in the world that focuses on social media and medicine for medical, dentistry, pharmacy and public health students. This semester is just over after 10 weeks, 20 slideshows and hundreds of questions from the students. They also filled in surveys before and after the course. I plan to publish the results in a peer-reviewed journal early next year.

Thank you for the participation and the comments, questions, I hope you (both in the course and through the blog) enjoyed the lectures. See you next February when the new semester will be launched.

The last week was dedicated to the future of web, semantic search and the survey results:

First part of the Prezi.com slideshow: Life after web 2.0

Take-home message: The story is just about to begin…

Second part of the slideshow: Summary of the last 10 weeks

  • 10 weeks – 20 slideshows
  • 2 slideshows each week
  • 2 major questions in each slideshow
  • Examples for all the tools and sites we have talked about. Many many examples.
  • This is the first university credit course of its kind in the world.

Take-home message: I hope I could help you on your way towards web 2.0…

Lectures this semester:

Internet in Medicine University Course: Google Story and Medical Search Engines December 1, 2010

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Google, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.
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The 9th week of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media was dedicated to the Google story and medical search engines.

First slideshow: The Google phenomenon

  • Also some of the dead ones: Google Lively and Knol
  • Google Demo Slam:
  • Talking about 23andme and how our genomic profiles will affect the future of healthcare

Take-home message: Google can make our lives easier. The question is how close we should let it come to us.

Second slideshow: Medical Search Engines

  • How to search on the web (Google tricks)

Take-home message: Search like a professional and help your patients search properly online.

Lectures this semester:

Internet in Medicine University Course: New Media in Medicine and Education 2.0 November 23, 2010

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Communication, Health 2.0, Medical education, Medical journalism, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Slideshow, Video, Web 2.0.
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The 8th week of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media was dedicated to New Media in Medicine and Education 2.0. Many thanks to Doctor Anonymous who sent  a personal message to my students (see the video below)!

First slideshow: New Media in Medicine

  • Lifehacks about how to be efficient online

podcast

Take-home message: Make your online work as efficient, productive and time-saving as possible.

Second slideshow: Education 2.0

  • What we have to face: lack of inspiration (educators) and lack of motivation (students)
  • But we can find motivation and inspiration online
  • e.g. Ted Talks – Ken Robinson
  • Why? We’re changing (students, even children use different communication channels) – Vision of students;
  • We’re digital natives, Generation Z.
  • Many examples, statistics about the problems with education
  • “If you want to teach me, you first have to reach me”

Take-home message: The web is full of educational resources. Use them wisely.

Lectures this semester:

Internet in Medicine University Course: Social Media in Healthcare November 17, 2010

Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Slideshow, Video, Web 2.0.
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The 7th week of my Internet in Medicine university course was dedicated to healthcare in social media and also collaboration online.

First slideshow: Healthcare in social media

  • What is social media, web 2.0 and the difference between them
  • Focusing on 3 topics:
  • 1) hospitals in social media

Lee Aase’s slideshow about Mayo Clinic

  • 2) doctors promoting practices via social media
  • Describing Hello Health
  • Why doctors can organize their practices properly?
  • Homepage = reputation
  • 3) science 2.0
  • problems with impact factors and presenting article level metrics

Take-home message: Doctors, hospitals and scientists use social media for different purposes. Find your strategy and the proper tools.

Second slideshow: Collaboration Online

  • Collaboration so far: mails, e-mails, back and forth, etc.
  • Now: docs.google.com (how to edit, open, save, publish, etc)
  • Zoho.com
  • What kind of offline tools we have to substitute online?
  • Table = wiki
  • White board = Twitter
  • Notes = Google Docs
  • Talk = Skype
  • And many more: Google Groups, blogs, Friedfeed rooms, Ning.com, Flickr.com…
  • Sharing examples: writing manuscripts with Google Docs; finding collaborators on Friendfeed.com, etc.

Take-home message: There are no boundaries of collaboration any more.

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