More info on physicians and social media, blogs, apps, and devices

So I was having a nice Hendricks martini with my pal Dr. Jasper McSnasper the other night and he asked me what blogs I was working on. When I told him it was a compilation of some medical blogs discussing the pros and cons of physicians using social media and some reviews of new devices and medical related apps, he rolled his eyes.
“Fer cryin’ out loud, how many times are you going back to that well?”

To be honest, I hadn’t really thought of the multiple posts I’ve made about social media being “going back to the well.” I pointed out that it wasn’t just going to the same well. The rules, tools, and tenets of information seeking, creation, and sharing are constantly evolving, and the use of tools that provide ways to manage information are changing rapidly due to a number of factors, including new tools, improvements in existing tools, launch of new devices like the iPad, and the incredible shift to mobile devices and apps, as opposed to traditional desktop browser. For a great post on this shift, check out Kent Anderson’s blog on the Scholarly Kitchen:
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2010/06/17/the-subordination-of-brows...


The bottom line is that the game is changing and evolving. Here ‘s a list of some recent medical blog posts about social media, information sharing, and physician use of various tools and devices. I think you’ll find many of them valuable and thought provoking.

Also, if you want to revisit my previous blog posts about social media, take a look at the list over on the right hand side of this page – it shows previous installments of “It Ain’t Rocket Surgery” that deal with similar topics.

And now, this installment’s list:

SOCIAL MEDIA:

From Dr. V, whose blog is “33charts”:

Why Doctors Don’t Use LinkedIn
http://www.33charts.com/2010/06/why-physicians-dont-use-linkedin.html

Why Doctors Should Use LinkedIn
http://www.33charts.com/2010/06/why-doctors-should-use-linkedin.html
 

From Heidi Allen:

She has a nice series going right now on using Social Media in Clinical Practice.

How to Use Social Media in Clinical Practice
http://heidiallen.id.au/how-to-use-social-media-in-clinical-practice/

How to Use Social Media in Clinical Practice: Keeping up With Research
http://heidiallen.id.au/how-to-use-social-media-in-clinical-practice-kee...

Developing a Digital Strategy: Applications of Social Media in Health and Research
http://heidiallen.id.au/developing-a-digital-strategy-015-applications-o...

In fact, here’s a link to her entire Digital Strategy Series, which is excellent:
http://heidiallen.id.au/topics/digital-strategy-series/

NEW DEVICES AND APPS:
From Kevin Pho and a number of other writers, whose blogs comprise KevinMD.com

Joseph Kim, MD writes that “iPads Should be Mandatory in Medical School”
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/04/ipad-mandatory-medical-school.html

Ilifat Hussain, who writes for iMedialApps.com writes this great review of the iPad for Physicians:
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/04/ipad-review-doctors-hands-guide-medi...

From iMedicalApps.com: Android Apps Teaching EKG Interpretation:
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2010/06/android-medicalekg-apps/


As always, I hope you find some good takeaways from these posts.
 

About the Author

Stephen Welch

Senior Vice President, Communications
Executive Editor, CHEST

This blog, "It Ain't Rocket Surgery" is intended to help busy health-care professionals find useful online and mobile resources that will enhance their self-education and professional research efforts, or point out important topics of discussion related to online information and content. The blog's title is a Yogi Berra style mash-up of two common phrases, "it ain't brain surgery" and "it ain't rocket science". I hope it will be casual, fun, insightful, and -- most of all -- educational.

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I currently serve ACCP as the Senior Vice President of Communications, as well as the Executive Editor of CHEST, the ACCP’s flagship journal. During my 15 years here, ACCP has focused on growing and developing the editorial, technological, and business aspects of the College. We are constantly striving to make the journal and other ACCP educational content as accessible and useful to clinicians as possible.

When not at work, I like to spend time scuba diving with sharks, collecting original comic book artwork, exploring the digital world, and searching for good BBQ.

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