Paton, C. New Media Medicine: A Social Network for Doctors and Medical Students This slideshow, presented at Medicine 2.0’08 , Sept 4/5 th , 2008, in Toronto, was uploaded on behalf of the presenter by the Medicine 2.0 team Do not miss the next Medicine 2.0 congress on 17/18th Sept 2009 ( www.medicine20congress.com ) Order Audio Recordings (mp3) of Medicine 2.0’08 presentations at http://www.medicine20congress.com/mp3.php

This slideshow, presented at Medicine 2.0’08 , Sept 4/5 th , 2008, in Toronto, was uploaded on behalf of the presenter by the Medicine 2.0 team

Do not miss the next Medicine 2.0 congress on 17/18th Sept 2009 ( www.medicine20congress.com )

Order Audio Recordings (mp3) of Medicine 2.0’08 presentations at http://www.medicine20congress.com/mp3.php

Social Networking for Medics Dr Chris Paton BMBS BMedSci Research Fellow: University of Auckland PhD Candidate: University of Otago Director: New Media Medicine Ltd.

Building an Online Community My Online Communities: New Media Medicine: 45,000 members, 70,000 visitors per month, 1 million page views per month Health Informatics Forum: 700 members University of Otago Web 2.0 Summer School: 36 members

My Online Communities:

New Media Medicine: 45,000 members, 70,000 visitors per month, 1 million page views per month

Health Informatics Forum: 700 members

University of Otago Web 2.0 Summer School: 36 members

New Media Medicine.com

New Media Medicine.com

New Media Medicine.com

New Media Medicine.com

New Media Medicine.com

New Media Medicine.com

Health Informatics Forum.com

Health Informatics Forum.com

Comp 113 Summer School

Comp 113 Summer School

Open Vs Closed Open communities: Leverage the power of the network Need more monitoring and moderation Closed communities: Difficult to grow Less need for monitoring and moderation

Open communities:

Leverage the power of the network

Need more monitoring and moderation

Closed communities:

Difficult to grow

Less need for monitoring and moderation

Choose the Technology Run off your own server: Vbulletin, phpBB, Invision Power Board Hosted communities: Ning, Wikispaces, Google Groups

Run off your own server:

Vbulletin, phpBB, Invision Power Board

Hosted communities:

Ning, Wikispaces, Google Groups

Running your own server Expensive Need to have dedicated server management team (24/7/365) May need more than one server More customisable

Expensive

Need to have dedicated server management team (24/7/365)

May need more than one server

More customisable

Hosted service Ning, Wikispaces, Google Groups Lots of different types of service Ning seems to be best for building communities No need for server management (or any knowledge of servers at all!) Not so customisable Ownership?

Ning, Wikispaces, Google Groups

Lots of different types of service

Ning seems to be best for building communities

No need for server management (or any knowledge of servers at all!)

Not so customisable

Ownership?

Managing a community Online communities are composed of real people! Need to foster a sense of community spirit with rules for what is an isn’t acceptable Keep to the forum rules (no exceptions) Recruit moderators from within the community Moderators should be calm, rational people!

Online communities are composed of real people!

Need to foster a sense of community spirit with rules for what is an isn’t acceptable

Keep to the forum rules (no exceptions)

Recruit moderators from within the community

Moderators should be calm, rational people!

Example Problems Users arguing with each other Moderators disagreeing about a course of action Copyrighted material posted Libellous material posted Key is consistency and hard work

Users arguing with each other

Moderators disagreeing about a course of action

Copyrighted material posted

Libellous material posted

Key is consistency and hard work

Growth / Promotion Open communities grow faster Search engines need to be able to index Advertising helps kick-start things Welcome new members Recruit moderators early

Open communities grow faster

Search engines need to be able to index

Advertising helps kick-start things

Welcome new members

Recruit moderators early

Potential for Online Communities Answer questions from other users Contribute to MCQ bank Contribute Videos or other learning objects Rate, tag and comment on learning objects

Answer questions from other users

Contribute to MCQ bank

Contribute Videos or other learning objects

Rate, tag and comment on learning objects

Trends Hosted Services Mash-ups Integration (e.g log-in)

Hosted Services

Mash-ups

Integration (e.g log-in)

More Information Email: c.paton@auckland.ac.nz http://chrispaton.org http://www.auckland.ac.nz/nihi/ http://www.hein.otago.ac.nz http://www.newmediamedicine.com http://www.healthinformaticsforum.com

Email: c.paton@auckland.ac.nz

http://chrispaton.org

http://www.auckland.ac.nz/nihi/

http://www.hein.otago.ac.nz

http://www.newmediamedicine.com

http://www.healthinformaticsforum.com