Discover the Science of Health
Some events are once-in-a-lifetime and just have to be observed. Here at Highlight HEALTH, we’re coming up on one of those events: our five year anniversary!
To celebrate this milestone and to give something back to our readers, for the next three months we’re holding a prize pack giveaway.
In 2006, Bertalan Mesko (Berci) started Scienceroll, a blog about genetics and popular medicine. It quickly evolved into a leading source of information following the impact of Web 2.0 on medical education and healthcare. He posts regularly on Twitter (@Berci) about health 2.0, medicine 2.0 and personalized medicine (top five words: rt, ff, medicine, medical, health), and maintains two “microcarnivals” on FriendFeed: Gene Genie and Medicine 2.0.
Over the past four years, Berci has accomplished many things. In 2009, he started a Ph.D. in clinical genomics after graduating with an M.D. from the University of Debrecen in Hungary. From his work at Scienceroll, he has been invited to lecture on medicine in the Web 2.0 era at several clinics and departments at the University of Debrecen, and has presented at several medical conferences around the world.
In 2008, Berci launched the first university credit course for medical students that focuses on Web 2.0 and medicine (med20course.wordpress.com). He also founded Webicina.com, the world’s first medical Web 2.0 guidance service. Webicina aims to ease the work of physicians and scientists by recommending useful tools and sites and by presenting them the new world of Web 2.0. Just last week, Webicina launched its 65th medical topic spanning 15 languages on medicine.
I’ve known Berci Mesko since 2006 and we recently had a chance to talk about Scienceroll, Webicina and his professional path in the Web 2.0 era.
Decreased mortality is one of a number of benefits of health literacy. While health 2.0 empowers the next-generation of healthcare consumers, we shouldn't forget about the other half of the problem.
A free tool that lets you create your own "medical journal" and read the latest news and articles in one personalized place.
Ed Bennet catalogs 150 U.S. Hospitals that use YouTube, Facebook or Twitter (includes links to each resource).
What is healthcare doing with micro-sharing platforms such as Twitter? Phil Baumann has 140 suggestions.
The Medical Student Blog provides a comprehensive list of doctors, medical students and medicine-related tweets and blogs/websits.
