I am proud to say that April 1st marks the official one-year anniversary of http://www.md2bgrecoa3.com! During the year, I’ve learned a lot about myself, defined my future career goals, made some wonderful professional connections, and most importantly, have been able to fully explore and unite two of my favorite interests – media and medicine. One … Continue reading »
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My Social Media Manifesto
I have a confession to make. Lately I’ve been doing some soul-searching regarding the future of my social media presence. It started at a lecture I attended a few weeks ago, where students and residents were cautioned to avoid public social media profiles and blogging. It came up again one morning while I was discussing … Continue reading »
What Medical Students Think about their Future “Day Job”
I initially read Dr. Karen Sibert’s highly provocative New York Times Op-Ed, “Don’t Quit This Day Job” via a link that had been posted on Twitter. I was drawn to it because it was described as a “Woman Doctor’s” Op-ed, or something to that effect. I thought, “What a terrible headline. I thought we moved … Continue reading »
Rules of Social Media á La MD2B, Part 2 – Discussing Controversial Content Online
The American Medial Association Journal of Ethics recently released its 2011 John Conley Foundation for Ethics and Philosophy in Medicine essay competition topic. I entered the contest last year, and thought an excerpt from that prompt would be the perfect starting point for the next installment of my observations about social media usage: publishing appropriate … Continue reading »
Facebook- Friend or Foe?
Recently a classmate contacted me for my opinion on a Social Media proposition. He was interested in creating a Facebook resource for health professions students looking to promote the use of social media well as provide links and information about relevant medical topics. He said he’d done some baseline searching, and although he found Facebook … Continue reading »
Rules of Social Media, á la MD2B – Part 1
So begins our journey through my experiences with social media. I haven’t necessarily started at the beginning but rather with my definition of something I have already alluded to, and something I hope to build upon in future posts. I was once told that “Facebook is for the people you went to high school with; … Continue reading »
Waste Not, Want Not
The summer before my freshman year of college, a good friend told me, “You’d better get a Facebook account while you still have time to waste.” I did. And I did. Like so many, I wore my little freshman heart on my sleeve via song lyrics and status updates, kept what was essentially a photo … Continue reading »
