Dr. Sydney Burwell, Dean of Harvard Medical School 1956

My students are dismayed when I say to them "Half of what you are taught as medical students will in 10 years have been shown to be wrong.
And the trouble is, none of your teachers know which half."



Tuesday, November 5, 2013

eMedicine/Gadgets

Google Helpouts to bring experts to you via video, report says
Google is getting set to launch a new service later Monday called Helpouts, which connects people to experts who can assist them via online video in a range of categories from home repair to personal training, according to The Wall Street Journal. c/net

PubMed Commons
PubMed Commons is a system that enables researchers to share their opinions about scientific publications. Researchers can comment on any publication indexed by PubMed, and read the comments of others. PubMed Commons is a forum for open and constructive criticism and discussion of scientific issues. It will thrive with high quality interchange from the scientific community. PubMed Commons is currently in a closed pilot testing phase, which means that only invited participants can add and view comments in PubMed. NCBI

Study shows residents appreciate limited smartphone use in certain clinical settings
The generation of physicians in residency who grew up on the Internet have the highest utilization of technology. Smartphones have the potential to be great tools on rounds and in the clinical setting, but there is concern that their use in certain clinical situations can convey a lack of professionalism or even apathy. Briefly, the policy at Albert Einstein stated that the smartphone code of conduct policy was instituted to minimize distraction during attending rounds. iMedicalApps

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