Best of Medical Blogs-weekly review and blog carnival

The "Best of Medical Blogs-weekly review and blog carnival" is a weekly summary of the best medical Blog post. Feel free to send your suggestions to my email at clinicalcases@gmail.com. Best medical blog (BMB) is published every Tuesday, just like the old Grand Rounds.

Cultivate followers on social media, if you want to communicate science

From the blog science Soapbox http://goo.gl/cPQq1 and medical Museion http://goo.gl/QmEU7:

Social media platforms can be very limiting. For example, you can define genotype and Phenotype in 140 characters or less? If you want to use social media to communicate effectively, necessary for readers to drive somewhere.

Write a blog gives substance to your social media presence. You have the opportunity to talk about science in a meaningful way, which ultimately helps people better understand the world around them. Answering these questions is probably because you have first in science. Don't be afraid to share what you've discovered.

Are the doctors are afraid to be wrong?

From blogging to surgeon skeptical Scalpel: «I once did some work as an expert on a malpractice insurance company. Rarely there is a case that doesn't have many opportunities for second-guessing. When you know the outcome, you can always find something in the medical record that could have been done differently.

The current security climate and medicolegal patient creates a feeling among doctors that any mistake is to be extensively examined. This results in a similar situation to an athlete trying not to lose a game instead of trying to win. For those of you unfamiliar with the sport, that the strategy usually fails. Fear of being wrong can lead to excessive test too. " http://goo.gl/FWTbC

When did stop teaching the basics for residents and medical students?

Dr.% of the blog Rants Medical db loves ACGME competency 6 just fine, but also suggests a simple list of http://goo.gl/2sqip:

1. Take a complete history, relevant, accurate
2. make a proper physical examination
3. order the appropriate laboratory tests and interpret them completely and accurately
4. order the correct images and interventions and interpret them

Happy 5th Blogiversary!

Former plastic surgeon and blogger extraordinaire Dr. Bates of Ramona reflects on his 5 years of blogging and the medical community blogging. http://goo.gl/0EVJW

As blogging has helped me academically. According to Dr. cent: why I write almost everyday, my writing has improved dramatically http://goo.gl/GLNsL

Medicine-Stanford University Grand Rounds and social media

Graham Walker was one of the first medical blogger. Went on a break during his residency in emergency medicine (EM) and now has found new reasons to blog like a EM attending at Stanford University medical center. This is his talk on social media and medicine at Stanford University Grand Rounds: http://youtu.be/qtkggenLmlE

Dr. Walker: "my speech on the dissemination of medical information over time, as the internet and social networking are changing medication, how to use digital tools to be a better doctor at the bedside."

Here is the list of Graham of digital tools to improve the specialty.

Paper-based charts: how soon we forget http://goo.gl/Vspmp -Dr. Wes: suddenly, don't miss the paper charts anymore.

Dr. Wes: is how bad the cardiovascular risk of azithromycin? http://goo.gl/yVgfo -"Big data" related to "big mistake"?

Comments from Twitter:

Seth Trueger @ MDaware: some great stuff in there

Skeptical scalpel @ Skepticscalpel: thanks for including me.

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