There are a multitude of lists for various medical specialties. These lists unite people from all over the country (and world) from various practice backgrounds such as academic/community medical centers to rural hospitals/clinics. We are all connected by the power of the internet. The lists are a great way to generate discussion on clinical cases, the newest literature and the experiences of the list's members.
Below are some of my favorite lists:
EMED-L: Emergency Medicine
http://listsrv.ucsf.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=EMED-L
Ped-EM-L: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A0=PED-EM-L
CCM-L: Critical Care Medicine
http://www.ccm-l.org/list.html
Trauma-List: Trauma/Critical Care
http://www.trauma.org/archive/traumalist.html
PICUList: Pediatric Critical Care
http://pedsccm.org/Piculist.php
Pediatric Sedation Listserv
http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/pediatric_sedation
Does anyone else have a favorite list?
NICE!!
ReplyDeleteI was just starting a blogpost about the need of a common discussion forum for EM physicians. The platforms are ready they just needs someone to step up. I prefer forums to postlists since they are easier to read back in time and you can click the members to see more info about them.
Regards!
I too prefer forums (tried to start one for CDEM) but people didn't take to it. Discussions died off. So we went back to the listserv. I agree that not having a record of prior posts only encourages repeat discussions and questions, when new people join the listserv.
ReplyDeleteAnother listserv that I have joined that occasionally has some interesting stuff is one for Medical Educators:
http://omerad.msu.edu/dr-ed/instructions.php
And here is the post, would love to have your comments!
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For some reason I really prefer emails lists. It might be because I can access my email from almost anywhere vs. having to find a computer to log onto a blog. Who knows? I'm sure someone, somewhere is developing a really cool way to access blogs from your smartphone.
ReplyDeleteInteresting several Forums allow the option of you either logging into the site and checking OR having posts sent to your email. Basically it feels like you are still on a listserv except with the benefit of having a catalog of all prior posts saved. Google Groups, I believe, does this. The issue was that SAEM wanted CDEM Forums to live within the SAEM website instead of going outside to Google. I think people may slowly shift over to this new hybrid-like model over time. It just really sucks not to have any historical log of the great discussions that we have.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about Google groups. It is in my opinion the best solution we have today as it brings a bit of everything; email postlist, archived for online viewing, very good user access control... I used to have a Ning website for my colleges at work, it was fancy indeed but never used because of the login process. I changed to G-Groups and voila we are finally having active discussions. The fact is - doctors need to have it simple or they just wont jump onboard new trains even if they are much better!
ReplyDeleteKISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. Tis a good rule to follow when implementing any technology.
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