Thursday, 18 December 2008

My First Blog


My daughter is training to be a journalist. She blogs. She says if you want to communicate to anyone under 30 years old you need to blog. Blogging is the verb. A blog is what you write.

I think the holistic approach to general practice is important. So I am going to write a blog on my experience as a general practitioner and how a holistic approach is practical and useful to patients and doctors.

She also says that blogs should have links to other sources. Not references as we use when writing an article for a journal. But something that you can click on and get instantly connected to.

Have you heard of the 5th Estate?
‘Witnessing the rapid rise of wikis, blogs, and many other online social networks (such as FaceBook, YouTube, and MySpace), we wonder if we are ready for what has been called the Fifth Estate,- a new form of civil society participation, enabled by the growing use of the Internet, mobile phones, and related information and communication technologies.'

This came from the BMJ 13th December 2008. ‘How should health be defined?' Vol 337 p1364. That is an old style reference. Clicking on the above will take you instantly there.
My blog will be mainly case histories and may include podcasts and other such new communication developments. I hope you will connect to my adventure.

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