tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post3705864195663803456..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: On DisclosureJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-69245129678799407652008-10-16T02:11:00.000-04:002008-10-16T02:11:00.000-04:00Hi thought you made some great points this week in...Hi thought you made some great points this week in grand rounds, and I have linked to your post from my blog. Please let me know if this is an issue, and I will remove the link.<BR/><BR/>-Josh<BR/>xanga.com/rvebladeDr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930706445713405115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-59388095348841370472008-10-10T20:50:00.000-04:002008-10-10T20:50:00.000-04:00Excuse me popping back in so quickly. I just read...Excuse me popping back in so quickly. I just read one of your earlier posts on the "internet stalker" you acquired. *That* is one huge reason, perhaps, NOT to engage in full disclosure. I am very sorry that this happened.Bianca Castafiore?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-65404283419689521272008-10-10T20:41:00.000-04:002008-10-10T20:41:00.000-04:00Dr. Parks! An excellent musing -- not exactly a ga...Dr. Parks! An excellent musing -- not exactly a gauntlet thrown on the ground, but you offer an optimistic and rigorous take on the potential of medical blogging. As a non-medico, I am definitely more likely to trust your mini medical presentations as places to start any research of my own -- precisely by the manner in which they are couched and by the trustworthiness you are cultivating by consistency over time. Lord, I am drowning in vagueness. You said it best, and in a way that I hope your compatriots will consider:<BR/><BR/>"One of the biggest criticisms (and entirely valid, I might add) of the blogging endeavour is that anonymous blogging can lead to an undisciplined, hypercritical, sneering style of writing that devalues the oftentimes valid points you're trying to make."<BR/><BR/>Oh. And as for my own anonymity? Is it a grand experiment in a life less and less cohesive with each passing day? Is it laziness, an unwillingness to pursue topics to logical conclusions? As the kids say, "whatever." Ar!<BR/><BR/>-- The Retired Educator, in for La Belle Bianca CastafioreBianca Castafiore?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-31486585908691582382008-10-06T12:37:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:37:00.000-04:00I have had a couple of patients mention finding an...I have had a couple of patients mention finding and reading my blog. They like the information they find there. Good post, Buckeye.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-35143789918534494942008-10-06T11:44:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:44:00.000-04:00I am with you on this one as well. I have always ...I am with you on this one as well. I have always felt that there was a little air of fear in those who post anonymously. Plus, the accountability of posting as who you are gives readers some reassurance.<BR/><BR/>The only reason I have kept the title "Dr Rob" is that it has a bit of a persona to it - it is kind of like putting on another hat.<BR/><BR/>Good post.Dr. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01871792467587364512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-39579571334582105152008-10-06T10:21:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:21:00.000-04:00you might be interested in a code of practice deve...you might be interested in a code of practice developed by healthcare bloggers:<BR/>http://medbloggercode.com/Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06540388790434163301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-47208514896896524462008-10-05T22:12:00.000-04:002008-10-05T22:12:00.000-04:00I agree with you Jeff (Buckeye)My blog content doe...I agree with you Jeff (Buckeye)<BR/>My blog content does not have much to do with patients.<BR/>SERMO offers a more private venue for discussing cases..You have to be an MD to log in..the writers are authenticated through the AMA database.<BR/><BR/>Health 2.0 is the beginning of the networking we will see.<BR/><BR/>Are you EMRed?Gary M. Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205704913440150198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-25634337992589999562008-10-05T20:30:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:30:00.000-04:00Anon-I've had patients and co-workers mention that...Anon-<BR/>I've had patients and co-workers mention that they've read my blog. It's not awkward at all. <BR/><BR/>I don't think anyone who reads this blog would think that any of the case studies I write about are at all exploitative. As my disclaimer states: "the cases presented are a fictional creation..." The way I go about creating the story is off limits to the general public. Besides, anyone can go to the public library, check out a few issues of JAMA or Archives of Surgery and read case studies that aren't at all altered, accompanied by real-live, colored pictures of limbs/scars/xrays etc...Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-10926946068199447702008-10-05T20:22:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:22:00.000-04:00A couple questions out of curiosity:Have any of yo...A couple questions out of curiosity:<BR/><BR/>Have any of your colleagues or patients mentioned anything about your blog? That would be one thing I would always find uneasy. I'd always be thinking, "I wonder if he/she has seen my blog<BR/>on this topic" And then there's always the aspect<BR/>of wondering who might think what, whenever you<BR/>write something. This isn't an issue with journalists because that's their primary job. But<BR/>for a professional, whose bound by hardcore ethics and regulatory oversight, writing about your experiences as a sideline can be frought with land mines I would think. <BR/><BR/>Could any of your patients recognize their own cases? I always wondered how you and other bloggers anonymize the descriptions without changing major details, but then the case would be more hypothetical than real. Obviously you can't just make minor changes (like gender, left vs right, etc) or the patient would see through it.<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com