Announcing the inaugural Australian Medical Blog Awards
Happy Australia Day! As my form of celebration, I would like to announce the inaugural Australian Medical Blog Awards, sponsored by sitepoint.com. The aim of the awards is to promote quality medical blogging by Australians and foster a community of bloggers that rivals the international scene.
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The Rules:
- Nominations will be taken as comments on this post for two weeks, ending Friday 6th February at 6pm EDST. There is only one category this year - Best Australian Medical Blog. This includes doctors, nurses, ambos, pharmacists, medical researchers and patient blogs, along with many others. You could start with some of the blogs listed at the Australian Medical Blogroll.
- You may nominate one blog only (preferably not your own - you know it makes you look silly), so choose wisely.
- The nominations will be scoured by an international panel of bloggers, and a short list of 5 will be chosen
- Polls (should) open on Monday 9th of February and voting will continue until 6pm EDST on Friday 20th Feb
- I am the sole organiser of this contest, so this blog, AppleQuack, and my other blog, Scalpel’s Edge are immune to nominations (but chocolates will be accepted).
- Nominations and votes can come from international people, and non-medical people.
- It’s just a game, ok, so don’t take it too seriously. There will be another chance next year.
The Prizes:
Our sponsor this year is SitePoint, the premier resource for web-development and design. Please take a look at their site, and follow them on twitter for great contests. They have donated 3 reference books for the winner, which will give them a jump on the contest for next year:
- Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS
- The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
- Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL
Even those of you not in the running might like to check out some of the free resources offered by SitePoint;
- Learn HTML and CSS: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide
(This is the first few chapters from “Build Your Website…”. Sitepoint offers free downloads of the first few chapters of all their books, so that you aren’t disappointed).
- Video: An introduction to CSS,
- Video: Photoshop Starburst Effect,
- Fancy Form Design Using CSS,
- Master SEO Keywords: Give your site the kickstart it deserves!.
And remember:
AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! OY! OY! OY!
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I nominate Dr. Mike Cadogan’s blog: http://sandnsurf.medbrains.net/ Been reading loyally since start. Here is review I entered back 9/08 on Stumbleupon which summarizes why nominate hands down for Best Australian Medical Blog with an eclectic twist: [...] is to read and review posts and commentary by Aussie MedBloggers and take part in the first Aussie MedBlog awards hosted by AppleQuack and [...] I would like to nominate ‘Vagus Surgicalis’ the newly titled MedBlog from Monash Medical Student - Jeffrey Leow http://jeffreyleow.wordpress.com/ [...] Cuthbertson (AKA DrCris) over at AppleQuack.com is presenting the inaugural Australian medical blog awards: The aim of the awards is to promote quality medical blogging by Australians and foster a community [...] I would like to nominate Outback Ambo, I’ve never been up north but wonder at the added complexities and logistical complication of such a remote setting compared to my own playground of Sydney City Central. Taz I nominate Dragonfly (http://thedragonflyinitiative.blogspot.com/) in her continued struggle for sanity during medical studies, living just on the poverity line as a student while aspiring to be a cat lady. Keep up the good work and good luck with the 2009 To Do list! Just one is tricky, but I’ll nominate http://www.degranulated.blogspot.com , all class from a soon to be ex-pharmacist. thanks to sandnsurf for nominating me! pity we can’t nominate DrCris’ Scalpel’s Edge! Anyway, i nominate The Paper Mask (http://papermask.blogspot.com) even though he doesn’t blog very often nowadays. But when he used to, he wrote some interesting stories and gave an insight to the life of an Aussie surgeon. besides, he helped me host SurgeXperiences once! [...] to DrCris, a Melbourne-based surgical registrar who is finishing her PhD soon, we now have the Inaugural Australian Medical Blog Awards. Earlier, she had compiled a list of all the Aussie medical blogs. IF you are interested, link on [...] [...] As my form of celebration, I would like to announce the inaugural Australian Medical Blog Awards, sponsored by Sitepoint.com. The aim of the awards is to promote quality medical blogging by Australians and foster a community of bloggers …[Continue Reading] [...] I would like to nominate BitingTheDust I nominate http://www.impactednurse.com. [...] list of five will be chosen prior to voting. If your favourite is not on this list, you should nip over to this call for nominations and leave a [...] I nominate Ian Miller and his Impacted Nurse Web Site.He does a wonderful job of entertaining while you learn..with easy things to remember like “Row Row your Boat” to get the rhythm right for CPR!!! Brilliant. [...] the honor of placing the magnificent blog award icon on the medical blog! Thanks to @DrCris from AppleQuack for hosting the awards for [...] [...] is to read and review posts and commentary by Aussie MedBloggers and take part in the first Aussie MedBlog awards hosted by AppleQuack and [...] [...] the honor of placing the magnificent blog award icon on the medical blog! Thanks to @DrCris from AppleQuack for hosting the awards for [...]Comments
A real time blog by an Australian Emergency Medical Doctor. Incorporates Emergency Medical and real life scenarios. Is written in such a way that draws the reader to be entertained and educated at the same time. Most doctors are way too serious all the time. This Doctor takes the sting out of approaching an intelligent professional. Imagine that, a funny Doctor who knows how to communicate with the public! A rare find and hopefully the wave of the future. Well worth reading and visiting often. 9/29/08 Francesca A. a.k.a.: BellaVitaNY
http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/
for his blog on remote indigenous community in outback Australia. It’s excellent.Leave a comment
Only allowed to nominate one? That’s tough.
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Great writing and nearly into drugs as much as a pharmacist!