Medicine 2.0 with the eye of a medical student blogger

Bertalan Meskó

Medical School and Health Science Center

University of DebrecenHungary

Author of

Scienceroll.com

Founder of

Webicina.com

Once upon a time on Wordpress.com...

November 17, 2006

Trackback? Tag? Widget? Pagerank?

Knew some websites

Medical resources I.

Medical resources II.

I thought RSS was only for IT guys

The world is at your fingertips with RSS

Virtual life? Second what?

Imperial College of

London

Met physicians at the university

Community sites = Networking!

Thought carnivals are for Brazilians

Blog carnivals

Gene Genie: a blog carnival of human genetics and personalized medicine

Medicine 2.0: a blog carnival devoted to web 2.0 and medicine

Only had ideas, but no products

Sciencerollsearch.com

Sciencerollsearch.com

A physician with e-mail is super web-savvy.

On-line doctorsJay Parkinson

Contacted fellow students by telephone

MicrobloggingTwitter.com

Friendfeed.com

Dangers

HONcode

Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Dr. Flea

His advice to new medical bloggers:

Dr. Flea

His advice to new medical bloggers:

Don't blog anonymously.

Building an online image

Numbers

1,400,000 visitors in two languages 1500 posts

5000 comments95,000 spams

55,320 incoming links

Webicina.comA bridge between physicians and e-patients

Conclusion

Physicians of the 21st century must be ready and qualified to meet the expectations of e-patients.

Bloggers are better-informed than non-bloggers. Knowing more is a career advantage.

Networking is good for your career. Blogging is a good way to meet people.

Thank you for your attention!

If you have questions or suggestions:

berci.mesko@gmail.com

Scienceroll.com

Webicina.com