Radiopaedia: Quizzes in Radiology July 26, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Innovation, Medical education, Medical Imaging, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Radiology, Web 2.0, Wiki.add a comment
A few days ago, I described how I use Quiz.MD for keeping myself up-to-date and just came across a new feature on Radiopaedia, a radiology wiki site I frequently write about. They now offer quizzes which are actually detailed, illustrated case presentations. Really useful and can also help you boost your radiology knowledge.
One example:
Health Librarianship Wiki Canada: New Design July 6, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0, Wiki.1 comment so far
The Health Librarianship Wiki Canada has a great new design. This is one of the best resources regarding health/social media related information. Many thanks to Dean Giustini for managing this fabulous resource.
Internet in Medicine Course Week 4: Wikipedia and Medical Wikis March 24, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Video, Web 2.0, Wiki, Wikipedia.2 comments
I’ve been a Wikipedia administrator since 2006 so this topic is really close to my heart. First slideshow is dedicated to Wikipedia issues.
- Facebook + Google + Flickr (=) Wikipedia
- How to build an encyclopedia? Pay professionals? Certainly not.
- I believe in the power of masses.
- Wikipedia statistics, history (Larry Sanger, Jimmy Wales)
- 10 most visited websites in the world: Wikipedia is the 6th one.
- Why is Wikipedia great? (Free, fast, comprehensive, discussions, easy to edit, objective, etc)
- Why it isn’t great. (Almost the same reasons)
- Vandalism and how we fight it: Huggle
- Basics of editing an article; page history, talk pages
- A Wikipedia article minute by minute:
- Basic guidelines: Be bold, objective, no hoax, don’t copy and notability issues
- A few controversies (Seigenthaler in 2005; Congress in 2006; Essjay in 2007)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica vs Wikipedia; my analysis
- Medical Wikiproject, Medicine Portal, article assessment
- Editing process: from a Good Article to a Featured Article
- Sister projects
- Uncyclopedia
Take-home message:
Wikipedia is a great place to start your research, but should never be the last source you finish your research with.
Second slideshow was focusing on medical wikis.
- We need wikis for collaboration, teaching, organizing events, etc.
- Definition of Wiki
- Wikis in plain English:
- Medical wikis, featuring two examples: Askdrwiki and Radiopaedia
- How to launch a wiki on Wetpaint
- Semantic Wikis? Wikiproteins
- Classification of diseases, WHO project
- 3D Wiki = Second Life?
Take-home message:
If you want to share and create content online, a wiki is a great tool to use.
Top 10 SNPs on SNPedia.com January 10, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in genetics, List, Medicine, Web 2.0, Wiki.add a comment
SNPedia is a wiki investigating human genetics, sharing information about the effects of variations in DNA, citing peer-reviewed scientific publications. The blog of SNPedia just published the list of the 10 most popular SNPs accessed on the site.
SNPedia now contains nearly 10,000 SNPs and to welcome 2010 we’d like to highlight at least 10. These SNPs have been selected based on an elusive and ultimately subjective combination of medical importance, statistical believability, and overall general interest. This isn’t objective science though, so feel free to comment about why your favorite SNPs should have made the list.
Here is the list with the medical conditions or drugs they are related to.
- rs4244285: SNP in the CYP2C19 gene related to the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel.
- rs4149056: Determining risk for statin-triggered myopathy.
- rs1799853, rs1057910 & rs8050894: These SNPs in the CYP2C9 & VKORC1 genes help determine the optimal dose of the anticoagulant drug warfarin.
- rs10757278: Risk for coronary artery disease and it’s consequences (like heart attacks).
- rs1537415: Risk for periodontitis.
- rs3892097: This SNP encodes the CYP2D6*4 allele determining poorer outcome among breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen
- rs1447295: Risk for prostate cancer.
- gs138, gs139, gs140: Represent the rapid, intermediate, and slow metabolizers for the detoxifying enzyme NAT2.
- rs17646946 & rs11803731: Hair curliness.
- rs2395029: A variety of conditions (like psoriasis, abacavir hypersensitivity) plus liver damage among patients taking the antibiotic flucloxacillin.
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:
Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick December 5, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in FDA, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0, What's on the web?, Wiki.1 comment so far
- The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages.
- Over 102 million people are using the Web to research prescription drug information.
- The average physician now spends a full work day (eight hours) using the Internet for professional reasons – a substantial jump from only 2.5 hours in 2002.
AcaWiki: Democratization of Academic Knowledge October 5, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in science, Web 2.0, Wiki.add a comment
I’ve reently come across AcaWiki, an interesting project focusing on academic research and web 2.0.
Today, representatives from the new nonprofit project AcaWiki announced the opening of their website to the public. AcaWiki’s semantic-wiki based website allows scholars, students, and bloggers to easily post summaries, and discuss academic papers online. All content posted to the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
AcaWiki’s mission is to make academic research more accessible and interactive by creating a “Wikipedia for academic research.” “Cutting-edge research is often locked behind firewalls and therefore lacks impact,” founder Neeru Paharia explains, “AcaWiki turns research hidden in academic journals into something that is more dynamic and accessible to have a greater influence in scholarship, and society.” AcaWiki enables users to easily post and discuss human-readable summaries of academic papers and literature reviews online. AcaWiki also helps users to share and organize summaries through the use of tags and RSS feeds.
Radiopaedia on iPhone August 28, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile, Radiology, Radiopaedia, Web 2.0, Wiki.4 comments
Radiopaedia is the best radiology-related wiki and maybe the most comprehensive and active medical wiki as well. I’ve written about it many times, so it’s a pleasure to announce that the first Radiopaedia Radiology Teaching File is now available for download (free) from the itunes appstore.
50 central nervous system cases containing 170 images, questions and detailed text.
The next volume will be dedicated to the abdomen.
What’s on the Web? (26 July, 2009) July 26, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Medicine 2.0, science, Telemedicine, Web 2.0, What's on the web?, Wiki.add a comment
- 9 Killer Telemedicine Apps That Will Revolutionize Healthcare (Soliant Health): Including Skype, mobile microscopes and WebCam MD.
- Innovation: Is the future of healthcare online? (New Scientist): Including telemedicine, Twitter, Facebook
- The Wonderful World of Big Science (Neatorama): From genomes to the space.
Why are we using wiki technology as a publishing platform? Wikis enable a network of users to edit documents collaboratively and on an ongoing basis. This may be particularly relevant to scoping and systematic reviews, which, depending on their area of focus, can quickly become outdated as new studies are published. A wiki — a potentially revolutionary tool for knowledge transfer — makes it possible to keep reviews as current and relevant as possible. Just as knowledge evolves in medicine, a wiki evolves as new evidence emerges and is incorporated into it.
- The Open Laboratory: Interview with Bora Zivkovic (Next Generation Science)
