Update (Feb. 22nd, 2010): Thanks to Kevin, MD for featuring this post on “Twitter and Facebook Can Help Conduct Group Patient Visits”! I’m very honored!
Twitter + Group Medical Visits = ?
The concept is simple. Group Medical Visits already exist. So:
Take 10 minutes at the midpoint of the visit and have everyone tweet their feelings, keywords, anything! (with designated hashtag)
Visualize in real-time with Twitterfall
Discuss, discuss, discuss!
My favourite online dictionary is, without a doubt, Wordnik.
Do you think we need a social dictionary like Wordnik for medicine?
Here’s the thing. I’ve always said that the reason I’m not retaining new words is that I don’t really understand how they’re used: Wordnik remedies this problem by providing a plethora of contextual clues. Here’s a rundown of my favourite features using the examples of “fibromyalgia” and “h1n1”:
Examples. This section pulls the oddest sentences (not intentionally, I’m sure, but the …
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