Medical Blogs-in context of a connected world
Sumer's Radiology Site is cited by Joanna Lynn Karpinski, MLIS (karpinsj@mail.nih.gov) is Associate Fellow, National Library of Medicine (NLM), in Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 27(1), Spring 2008 Available online at http://mrsq.haworthpress.com
According to the article, titled Disconnected in a Connected World: Knowledge and Understanding of Web 2.0 Tools at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
"Radiology, a medical field that is highly dependent on image-based examples for teaching, is experiencing a growth of blogs. Sumer Sethi, M.D., uses his blog to post interesting cases from his routine practice and abstracts related to his day-to-day work. The site is visited by more than 30,000 visitors each year and is a focal point for queries from his students and patients. The blog features not only a means of commenting on Dr. Sethi’s posts, but also a small section called a “shoutbox,” where users can post messages or questions on any topic for Dr. Sethi and other readers to see. Dr. Sethi can respond using the shoutbox."
Medical Blogs-in context of a connected world
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Sumer Sethi
Unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, heading leading firms in India- Teleradiology Providers, pioneering company providing teleradiology services and DAMS (Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences) Premier test preparation institute in India for MD/MS/MCI preparation. He has also been an invited faculty member at various conferences, including Teleradiology in IRIA 2008 and 2011, Hospital Build Middle East, Congress of the Brain Tumor Radiology in Neuro-oncology Society. Dr. Sethi is Editor-in-Chief of Internet Journal of Radiology. He has a keen interest in Web 2.0 technologies and in maintaining his famous radiology blog, which has been featured in multiple international journals.
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