Comments on: Lundberg on blogs http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: medmusings http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550/comment-page-1#comment-78463 medmusings Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:20:51 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2550#comment-78463 <strong>links for 2005-10-16</strong> A E Interactive: Blog of the Week BOTW for week of 10/7/05 (tags: Choi MSM) PAMP Dad, Dr. Enoch Choi heading to Louisiana - looking to connect with drug reps and medical suppliers | PAMP Parents Club Thanks, Jill for alerting our parent's club to my ... links for 2005-10-16

A E Interactive: Blog of the Week BOTW for week of 10/7/05 (tags: Choi MSM) PAMP Dad, Dr. Enoch Choi heading to Louisiana – looking to connect with drug reps and medical suppliers | PAMP Parents Club Thanks, Jill for alerting our parent’s club to my …

]]> By: Aggravated DocSurg http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550/comment-page-1#comment-78166 Aggravated DocSurg Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:32:33 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2550#comment-78166 What a nicely written, succinct, and thoughtful response to Dr. Lundberg's condescending position. And gee, to think it was written by someone who is the "author, editor, publisher, advertiser, critic, reviewer, and owner — all at the same time," as Dr. Lundberg puts it. I think it's worth pointing out that Dr. Centor's thoughts, ideas, and comments on medical matters carry just as much weight as Dr. Lundberg's, or any other medical blogger or writer for that matter; it is up to the reader to discriminate between good and bad information, and form his or her own opinion What a nicely written, succinct, and thoughtful response to Dr. Lundberg’s condescending position. And gee, to think it was written by someone who is the “author, editor, publisher, advertiser, critic, reviewer, and owner — all at the same time,” as Dr. Lundberg puts it. I think it’s worth pointing out that Dr. Centor’s thoughts, ideas, and comments on medical matters carry just as much weight as Dr. Lundberg’s, or any other medical blogger or writer for that matter; it is up to the reader to discriminate between good and bad information, and form his or her own opinion

]]> By: Clinical Cases and Images http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550/comment-page-1#comment-77947 Clinical Cases and Images Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:35:18 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2550#comment-77947 The Medscape editor did not fully realize that blogs are not only personal journals but they are part of the Web 2.0 platform which is transforming the internet as we know it. Examples of Web 2.0 are Feeds/RSS, Blogs, Podcasts, AJAX, and DHTML. None of those were available at the time of the Civil War that he is mentioning... :-) The Medscape editor did not fully realize that blogs are not only personal journals but they are part of the Web 2.0 platform which is transforming the internet as we know it.

Examples of Web 2.0 are Feeds/RSS, Blogs, Podcasts, AJAX, and DHTML.

None of those were available at the time of the Civil War that he is mentioning… :-)

]]> By: Stuart K. Pitman, degreeless http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550/comment-page-1#comment-77923 Stuart K. Pitman, degreeless Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:37:52 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2550#comment-77923 A wonderful defense of medical blogging you have indeed written, Dr. Bob. Your readers benefit from both the content of this site and your open encouraging attitude toward debate. Thanks, Stu A wonderful defense of medical blogging you have indeed written, Dr. Bob. Your readers benefit from both the content of this site and your open encouraging attitude toward debate. Thanks, Stu

]]> By: David Toub, MD, MBA http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550/comment-page-1#comment-77828 David Toub, MD, MBA Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:21:56 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2550#comment-77828 As another physician blogger ( http://homepage.mac.com/dtoub/blog/index.html ), I also disagree with George Lundberg. Yes, there is always the possibility that something on a medical blog is incorrect. I would say the same is true of JAMA, NEJM, etc. Indeed, most (if not all) peer-reviewed journals have had to retract articles, sometimes embarrasingly. Just as open-source software is immediately revealed to large communities online for criticism and generally prompt revision, the same is also true of any blog. No physician is going to have unfettered credibility in this environment; if anyone posts something that is nonsense, our colleagues will certainly call him or her on it. That sort of feedback takes much more time in the case of print-based medical journals. As another physician blogger ( http://homepage.mac.com/dtoub/blog/index.html ), I also disagree with George Lundberg. Yes, there is always the possibility that something on a medical blog is incorrect. I would say the same is true of JAMA, NEJM, etc. Indeed, most (if not all) peer-reviewed journals have had to retract articles, sometimes embarrasingly. Just as open-source software is immediately revealed to large communities online for criticism and generally prompt revision, the same is also true of any blog. No physician is going to have unfettered credibility in this environment; if anyone posts something that is nonsense, our colleagues will certainly call him or her on it. That sort of feedback takes much more time in the case of print-based medical journals.

]]> By: Dan Smith MD http://www.medrants.com/archives/2550/comment-page-1#comment-77807 Dan Smith MD Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:14:50 +0000 http://medrants.com/?p=2550#comment-77807 I couldn't agree more with you. The democratization of publishing is further enhanced by blogging. It serves as a good alternative to entrenched "establishment" publications which need shaking up from time to time. Look what happened to CBS in Rathergate. Instead of performiing basic fact checking, they went ahead with a forged document that supported their thesis about Bush's military service. Then to compound the mistake, they tried to whitewash the whole scandal. And Dan Rather still sticks to his position that although the document was fake, the story was accurate. What a contradiction! So the blogosphere provided a history-making intervention by providing the healthy skepticism that a free press is supposed to provide us! I couldn’t agree more with you. The democratization of publishing is further enhanced by blogging. It serves as a good alternative to entrenched “establishment” publications which need shaking up from time to time. Look what happened to CBS in Rathergate. Instead of performiing basic fact checking, they went ahead with a forged document that supported their thesis about Bush’s military service. Then to compound the mistake, they tried to whitewash the whole scandal. And Dan Rather still sticks to his position that although the document was fake, the story was accurate. What a contradiction! So the blogosphere provided a history-making intervention by providing the healthy skepticism that a free press is supposed to provide us!

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