Medicine 2.0 with the eye of a
medical student blogger
Bertalan Meskó
Medical School and Health Science Center
University of Debrecen
Hungary
Author of Founder of
Scienceroll.com 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 doctors
Jay Parkinson

Contacted fellow students by telephone

Microblogging
Twitter.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 comments
95,000 spams
55,320 incoming links

Webicina.com
A 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