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Blog writing for professionalism in medical education

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Had an idea to use writing of a blog for a minor in medical education. The idea was sacrificed for other options for minors. Seems that blogs in medical education can promote reflection and professionalism. Professionalism being one of the CanMed competences used in medical education and one of the most important ones not easily educated.

An important part of professionalism is self reflection. It’s necessary for the integration of theory with experience. For acquiring a professional attitude one needs to reflect on his or her own values, shortcomings, improvable aspects of their role as physician. A blog during medical education can promote reflection on professional development.

How was this research done?
It was a 4 week medicine clerkship rotation at an academic institution.

Students were asked to contribute two reflective postings to a class web log (blog) during their rotation. They were able to read each other’s postings and leave feedback in a comment section. An instructor provided feedback on entries, aimed to stimulate further reflection. Students could choose anonymous names if desired.

This research was done during one year from December 2006 until November 2007. 91 students participated, writing 177 posts. Approximately one-third of students (31/91) left comments, either on other students’ posts (21/91) and/or responding to feedback on their own (13/91). The majority of students did not respond to instructor feedback in writing. Few students posted more than two posts; half (53%) chose an anonymous username. The posts were analyzed with scales for reflectivity and for common themes. Most reflections were exclusively on experiences not on self reflection.

Practical problems:
It was hard to get all students signed up to their personal blog. Some students put off posting until the last week and some students wrote very small posts. Another practical aspects is security.

A lot of effort with little profit? What do you think?

ResearchBlogging.org
Chretien, K., Goldman, E., & Faselis, C. (2008). The Reflective Writing Class Blog: Using Technology to Promote Reflection and Professional Development Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (12), 2066-2070 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0796-5

 

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How to create and manage a quality medical blog?

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Don’t worry just read the Medical Web 2.0 Guidance package at webcinia.com

Step-by-step tutorials and online materials through which you can easily learn to use the tools and methods you need to create a quality medical blog

It’s all there

  • Inside the medical blogosphere
  • Step 1: How to start a new blog?
  • Step 2: How to write a post and how to tag it?
  • Step 3: Design, widgets, pictures and more
  • Step 4: How to launch a blog carnival?
  • Step 5: How to provide quality content?
  • Step 6: The future of blogging?

Wish I had this in my starting days.

 

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1000 Posts Published


Find more videos like this on Top Secret Dance Off

Dr Shock has written a thousand posts on his blog, time for some dancing. It has been great fun and he is still enjoying it. From: Top Secret Dance Off

Welcome to The Top Secret Dance Off, an underground network of otherwise ordinary people seeking to activate the dance secret — an elusive power said to be hard-wired into our brains, and requiring highly unusual dance experiences to unlock it.

Thanks BoingBoing

 

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Shrink Blogs

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When starting this blog I searched for other psychiatrists blogging but couldn’t find many. On Shrink Rap they have recently published a list of shrink blogs or psychiatrists blogging. So if your looking for shrinks with a blog check it out at Shrink Rap

When we started blogging, we looked for the blogs of other psychiatrists, and even other non-shrink docs, and linked to them. It’s been a while (oh, nearly 3 years) and mental health blogs have come and gone. I thought I’d survey the scene again.

 

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Migrating From Google Notebook To Evernote

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I was a great fan of Google Notebook but Google decided to drop the development of notebook. I used it mostly for blogging. It’s integration with Firefox made it an easy to use tool for saving links, webpages and blogposts. I decided to give Evernote a try and I am very satisfied with this capture tool. You can sync your evernotes with all your devices, even with the iphone. It’s integration with Firefox is smooth.

Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.

But I had a large number of Google Notebooks and Notes. How to migrate those to Evernote? Evernote now offers an option to import google notebook. It’s easy and slick, tried it and went very well.

 

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Social Networking and Blogging: Psychosocial and Motivational Aspects, A New Survey

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The author of a recent article in Cyberpsychologie and Behavior as discussed on this blog in the post: Effect of Blogging on Well-Being: Increased Social Support and Satisfaction is doing a new research. You can view his credentials on his website: James Baker, BA(Psych).
They are doing a new study: Social Networking and Blogging: Psychosocial and Motivational Aspects, you can read the informed consent.

The survey will take 15-22 minutes. After reading the informed consent you can start the survey, I did it, was easy and quick. So fellow bloggers support this study, you can even win a nintendo DS.

 

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My Medblog Workstation

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Wanted to start something new and exiting. Here you see my medblog workstation. Behind this computer I work on my blog. Post your medblog station (physicians and patients) with a link to this post within a matter of days all these medblog stations will have links in the comments of this post. May be we could make a flickr tag with these photo’s. The medblog station behind the medblogger. Curious for your medblog station.

Student well-being is a big factor in the modern teaching space. Flexible Student Seating Solutions in classrooms needs to not only be functional but promote a sense of well-being for the students in order for them to learn to the best of their ability.

This is the medblogstation I am dreaming of. Haven’t found it yet.

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On Flickr more blogging stations

 

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Dutch Grand Round 1.3

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The 3rd Dutch Grand Round is up at Medblog.nl of Jan Martens. This time there are 4 posts, 3 of them in English. Please read his summary of de Grote Visite here.

Next Dutch Grand Rounds will be hosted at Health Management RX of Jen McCabe Gorman on October 7. The deadline will be on October 5. You can submit your articles by mailing Jen or through the Blog Carnival.There is no theme for submissions, but posts should relate to medicine or health in some way.

 
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