Web 2.0 : A Sharing Culture

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am almost 2 years in the United States. I am an applicant for the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates(ECFMG). This is a country with people from all around the world. During the time I took for my preparation to pass the USMLE steps 1 and 2, I had the chance to meet people from Middle East. What I like about their culture, among many different things, is the fact that they are like a big family. They help each other while they are here. I write about that because this principle of collaboration in a group is really important to understand what the Web 2.0 can allow you to do. Before to come here I did not have a personal computer, neither free access to internet at any time. Now with both of them I can access lot of information I could not before. Today, I want to collaborate sharing some links that all international medical graduates, who wants to do their residency in the United States of America, will like. These are links to pages that contain videos of how to make physical examinations, how to have a clinical encounter with a patient in different situations. You do not need a password or to pay in order to watch the videos, you just have to make click. By watching these videos you are not breaking any law. These videos were made to help people in the medical field. So use them. I made this blog with this purpose, to share the information I can access with others, but I realize that to give the information is not enough, people must play an active role in their self-education, so if you want other links related with medicine, you can email me. If you want more material to prepare for the USMLE just check out Ebay search for "usmle videos" and watch out what you find. Or maybe you can try to use programs like emule, if you have never use programs like these before you will be amazed. Finally, if you are asking yourself why am I doing that? why do I share this information? what do I want in exchange for the information I give with my blog? the answer is simple: NOTHING, just because. I hope in the future a culture of sharing with no interest will born.

     NTV | Neurological Teaching Videos Wright State University
     Clinical Skills Exam Videos Michigan State University
     Young Child Exam Michigan State University
     Ophthalmology examination on videos
     Arts and Science of Clinical Medicine: Physical Examination
     Operational Medicine Videos
     Clinical Skills Flinders University
     Neurological Examination University of Toronto
     Inside DFM: Education - Musculoskeletal Examination
     Common Currency Project, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
     Clinical Methods Videos School of Medicine: Emory University
     Interactive Learning Resource for Healthcare Communication DREXEL University
     Physical Exam University of Wisconsin
     Clinical skill videos Queen's University
     The Connecticut Tutorials Physical Examination Video
     Physical Diagnosis Skills - University of Washington School of Medicine
     A Visual Guide to Physical Examination California State University
     Physical examination Self evaluation Loyola University
     Neuroanatomy Lab Resource Appendices Temple University
     OPETA Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant
     Physical Exam Modules University of Virginia
     Pedineurologic Exam University of Utah
     The Neurological Examination University of Toronto
     The neurologic exam Interactive Online Neurologic Examination
     

Are we part of this Humanity Lobotomy?

This is an amazing video about the control of internet and how big telephone companies are fighting to get the control of internet. We can here opinion of Sir Tim Berners creator of World Wide Web, Net Neutrality,how do we pass the information we create and how this change with the time. How the ways we create and transmit this information is regulated , who create the information in the traditional media(television, radio, newspapers)who benefit for that , just few have access to this why? we can not create radio, but technologies are changing, now anyone can have a podcast anyone can say what they want on internet, but this can be regulated in the future, by who?. Sir Tim Berners explain that freedom of connection with any application to any party connection is the fundamental social basis of society we build on internet, but control over the internet is going to kill the innovation of creation, who create the content of internet? the answer us. so spread awareness.
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Are We a Free Culture?

We see changes every where, our society is changing, our environment, the internet also. But maybe there are things we are not aware about, things that maybe in the future are going to change the way things can be done. This is an amazing presentation, even when the audio is not so good, the content of what Lessig says it is really important, and is changing, maybe not so fast but a least it is a good initiative where to start. We as a doctors spend lot of time in our stuff that is medicine, but I think that we have to retake the roll in society we always have, with the time we just focus on medicine and leave other rolls we used to be involved. My intention is to share with you this information and create a little interest in you.
note: video was downloaded from http://lessig.org/freeculture/ in flash format and transformed to video format
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download PPT presentation: Original PowerPoint Presentation
read the transcript: Transcript [O'Reilly Network]