Next Steps
Everyone seems to have made it over here. Thanks for posting the logo on your websites. I definitely like posting on WordPress and like the look of the blog better over here.
I will post a summary of what Dean said in his last post on the page where people submit their blogs for the code. I have been sending websites on for others to review if I have any questions about them. Overall, the majority of sites are just fine. These are not hard and fast rules, just general guidelines so we can use them to reject a site if it falls outside of what we want. As Dean said, these rules are exclusive rather than inclusive. This means that they are a means to keep bad sites out, rather than bring good sites in.
So now I have an idea that I aired in the comments of the last post. I think that this would be a perfect website for Healthcare bloggers to introduce their sites to other medical bloggers. Each person could write a description of their blog and have a post that gives an overview of why they are blogging and why others should read their blog. That would hopefully cause this site to become a reference site when others want to learn about medical blogs and would also increase the visibility of the code of ethics.
What do you think?
10 Responses to “Next Steps”
said on August 2nd, 2007 at 5:07 am
I think having each person write an overview of their blog is a great idea and would help in creating a reference list. You will probably want the information entered to be standard. Here is a suggestion for main information. Feel free to modify.
Name of Blog
Name of Blogger
Describe Your Blog
Best Tags
Why do I blog?
Why should you read my blog?
What is special about my blog?
said on August 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I agree, it’s a good idea.
Also, Kirsti has a good idea for simplifying the process. Having a standard form to fill out would ensure that every entry was uniform and would help dummies like me answer the question of, “What should I say?”
said on August 3rd, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Done. I changed the name to “gallery” instead of “carnival.” Carnival is a term often used for things like grand rounds, etc. I just couldn’t think of a better word
said on August 3rd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Great idea! In fact, for any blog “approved” being part of the Gallery should be a “requirement” of sorts so it makes sense that we all step up and do that to kick this off.
said on August 5th, 2007 at 4:18 am
Gallery sounds better than carnival.
Carnivals make me think of food on a stick.
said on August 7th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Do you want only the med- bloggers to fill out the form, or the patient blogs as well? I wouldn’t know how to even describe mine.
said on August 7th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
CA, I’d guess that we’re all to do it to the best of our ability.
I’d also guess (and I put this in a letter to Rob) that some of the more definitively medical blogs be featured first… or at least my blog should be a little later in the presenting as my medical posts are at this time mostly Chantix related and are separated by references to children, cats, Sponge Bob, and bad things the children and pets do to my carpet.
said on August 8th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I agree with Amanda. I think the ‘more definitely medical blogs’ should go first. I’m going to go to the end of the queue for now. Actually a sort of who’s next list would also be a good idea.
Another thing, which can be done a little later when the gallery has more blogs in it, would be to list the blogs based on nationality. This could easily become ‘the online reference’ site for all medical blogs world-wide.
said on August 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Thank you so much Amanda and Vijay for responding. I think, I was actually misunderstood. You see, I’m not eager to post - I only joined to support those medbloggers that adhere to the code. I feel the patient blogs are support staff.
said on August 13th, 2007 at 2:37 am
I definetely think so!
I’m a new blogger, and this is a hard community to get into, everyone is so well established!
I run a blog called Alijor, at Alijor.blogspot.com, and I’d love to meet new bloggers,
Cheers,
Alijor
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