Zen of Bloggins

The Zen of Blogging

For Personal and Professional Enrichment

“Blogging provides the opportunity to directly broadcast one’s words to colleagues.”

Why I Blog by Andrew Sullivan

Baby Steps

Student BlogsTrainee Blogs

http://katieinlamba.blogspot.com/

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Medical StudentInterests: Photography Nature Relationships with people Music Books and Writing Travel The old and the new Dancing Learning, living, laughing, loving Life

Caitlin Stiglmeier

MissionTo provide an interactive online place for contributing physicians to discuss both academic cases but also experiences and interests outside of medicine.

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Professional

Blogs

International Team

November 15, 2008

http://www.skincancerclinic.blogspot.com

Queensland Skin Cancer Blog

Ian McColl: Queensland Blog Architect

http://www.skincancerclinic.blogspot.com

Queensland Skin Cancer Blog

http://thedermblog.com/

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog

Patient

Blogs

Michelle Lynn Mayer 1969 - 2008

39 year old mother of 2 battling a rareautoimmune disease called scleroderma

http://diaryofadyingmom.blogspot.com/

From NY Times Health Section - Sept. 9, 2008

Creative

Blogs

Getting Started

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46 yo manSeen on 11/19/08

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http://mevirtualskin.blogspot.com

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Getting

Started

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http://mevirtualskin.blogspot.com

Steps

1. Invite all Residents and Faculty of MDFMR2. Those who accept can post cases and comment3. Patients presented in standard format4. VGRD Faculty will be called on for opinions5. If experiment is successful other ME docs invited

The Power of the Blog

12/11/07: I saw an 11 yo boy with a black mole

My Blink Diagnosis: Benign Blue Nevus

My Colleagues Gently Differ

Ian McColl: Queensland: “The dermoscopy looks more like a Reed nevus to me.”

Stelios Minas: Cyprus:”I would favor for a Spitz nevus. I prefer prophylactic excision.”

Based on my colleagues suggestionsI performed an excisional biopsy

They were right

Diagnosis: Reed Nevus“Pigmented Spindle Cell Nevus”

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In Conclusion