Archive for December, 2008
Free medical resources for students and doctors
The Australian government provides a number of great resources for the medical community. These are well worth chasing up, and are useful for doctors and students. Although branded Aussie, these offer great value for practitioners outside this country, particularly if they can’t access similar information at home.
Forensic Medicine for Doctors
The Victorian Institute of [...]
Merry Christmas from AppleQuack
May you have a Merry Christmas, filled with friends, family, good food and plenty of geek gadgets. As a christian, this is a very special time of year for me, and I hope you get a chance to connect with God in a real way this season.
Christmas is a lot about the music for [...]
Studying by Twitter - ridiculous or sublime?
Twitter is a microblogging service, where short updates of 140 characters of less can be uploaded for public consumption. It is notorious as a time-suck and aid to procrastination. However, a recent post by Ves Dimov or Clinical Cases Blog showed me that Twitter could be a tool for collaborative study. This [...]
Using CMAP tools for concept mapping
I love the idea of visual note-taking, even if I can’t always get it into my workflow. Even when I use it little, there are occasions where it is vital. The example that springs to mind is trying to figure out the interrelationship between renal and cardiac physiology. When I studied that [...]
Please vote in the 2008 Medical Weblog Awards
The 2008 Medical weblog awards are hosted by Medgadget.
Nominations are open to everyone (by commenting on the above post). Nominated blogs are listed here. Nominations close on 31st of December. The categories for consideration are:
Best Medical Weblog
Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)
Best Literary Medical Weblog
Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
Best Medical [...]