Carcinoma of oesophagus
August 25th, 2008 by mcgThis a sample post with an embeded video coming from Medting.
This can be very useful for doctors that want to have Medtingcontent into their blogs.
About the 3rd annual World Health Tourism Congress
April 6th, 2008 by mcg
It already took place the 3rd annual World Health Tourism Congress – Marbella, Spain from 4th to 6th April 2008 (). This premier event offers healthcare providers from around the world the chance to create business opportunities and form partnerships with the largest corporate healthcare buyers in the world. World Health Tourism Congress offers a unique B2B format adapted to your Prospecting Strategy. The format of the event is much more exclusive than any other health tourism event in the HealthCare Tourism industry
The format was nice to know. Providers and Buyers in numbered chairs and doing 30 minutes meetings. Very practical and low cost for the solution providers (no booths) but too much information and one-to-one talk. Difficult to really take the relevant. See the photo:
The workshops were not really usefu, very few people interested.
The environment was great, Marbella, the temperature, food and hotels.
The resume is that the topic of Medical Tourism is not new at all but a growing market. SPA and wellness business are entering, plastic surgery and countries like Philipinne, Korea, Turkey, Poland are very active. They have one of this important issues for Medical Tourism: nice weather or cheap prize of doctors service. American well stablished business to organise Americans being operated out side, amazing. Brasil is also a great player because of several reasons: nice private hospitals and great environment. Private hospitals are moving hard to get a role in the space. TreatmentAbroad is a nice organisation sending patient to spain to be operated. USP Hospitals Gold Sponsor trying to get the leadership in the Spanish field although Hospiten also knowing the business.
Planet Hospital is an amazing company that organise Medical Tourism activities with a really smart and visionary leader. WorldMediTours is also in this arena.
Also, web 2.0 was there: really cool idea promoted by some people: before and after community: www.beandaf.com How I was before?, how I am after? a surgery, a wellness program, a diet, a tatoo, whatever. Let’s create the socal community to share experiences.
I was there promoting Health Destination Medical Tourism Project (EU Project) and trying to get partners for MDPIXX and it was very succesful. MDPIXX can very of big value for telemedicine purposes. This post is open for others to complement the information.
Linda Ngcipe from Zulu was promoting South Africa to get the event there next year or in 2010. Great idea, we support that.
FSMB Web tool examines pharmaceutical marketing practices
March 24th, 2008 by mcgThe Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Research and Education Foundation has launched a Web-based tool to provide physicians with free access to accredited continuing medical educational programs about
pharmaceutical industry marketing techniques and their effect on prescribing practices. The online portal is funded by a grant from the Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program, which was created as part of a 2004 consumer protection settlement with Warner-Lambert, a division of Pfizer, Inc., that resolved allegations of deceptive “off-label” marketing of the drug Neurontin. The FSMB’s Online Prescriber Education Network also gives physicians access to unbiased information about pharmaceutical marketing practices, prescription medications, and appropriate prescribing practices.
Information: Go to http://www.fsmb.org/re/open/default.html
Medicine 2.0 Map
March 7th, 2008 by mcg 
The website (http://www.medicine20congress.com) of the forthcoming Medicine 2.0 congress in Toronto, Sept 4-5th has been launched.
In a really interesting article, Gunter Eysenbach is trying to put some order in the Health 2.0, Medicine 2.0, PHR 2.0 concepts.
The implemented Medicine 2.0 Map is really clarifying who is who in the Health/Medicine 2.0 space: sermo, peerclip, google health, revolution health, MDPIXX and others.
Medicine 2.0 congress - Call for Abstracts
March 5th, 2008 by mcgThe Medicine 2.0 Congress on Sept 4-5th in Toronto is now accepting abstracts, speaker and panel proposals - go to http://www.medicine20congr
MDPIXX: The YouTube for physicians
February 25th, 2008 by mcg
MDPIXX: Get a 1 Year Premium Membership for free.
MDPIXX (http://mdpixx.com) is a medical images, videos and clinical cases web repository. MDPIXX is free and exclusively for physicians and pretends to be the YouTube for doctors.
We are launching MDPIXX the first of March and we are looking for Beta Testers that would like to test the platform by providing some clinical cases. In return to your collaboration we offer you 1 year Premium Subscription for free.
All users that have posted at least 1 complete clinical cases with associated images/videos before first of March, will get 1 year Premium Membership
for free.
If interested in participating please send an email to info@mdpixx.com requiring invitation.
Voices from the Grassroots: Working for Health and Environmental Justice
February 11th, 2008 by mcgAMSA’s first Environmental Health Institute!
co-sponsored by Teleosis Institute
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Houston, TX
We’re looking for medical students to help transform medicine. We’ll build our skills, knowledge, and leadership to:
*respond to health consequences of climate change and fight global
warming*
*promote healthy urban planning and sustainable food* *make workplaces safe* *promote well-being of low-income communities and communities of color* *address toxic threats to child development* *prevent cancer* *use the knowledge and voice of the medical community to support social justice* *green our healthcare*
… and much more!
Our keynote speakers are Jill Stein, MD (confirmed), and Jerome Ringo
(invited)
New MedEd Entries: Improve Your Teaching, Hubert Student Fellowship…etc.
February 5th, 2008 by interMEDEDFebruary 5, 2008 Medical Education Links, Events, Grants, Opportunities, Scholarships
******* New Entries Improve Your Teaching 2-day Medical Education Teaching (MET) Workshop, June 20-21, Long Beach , California see below under Workshops CDC O.C.
Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health - Call for Applications see below under Scholarships 12th Annual IAMSE Conference, see below under Conferences ICEMEN Conference: 9-14 June 2008, see below under Conferences South eastern Senegal, see details below under Volunteer
