Category Archives: Community Engagement

Physicians as Latent Creatives

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

By Bryan Vartabedian, MD Medical schools and institutions have the most remarkable intellectual property within their staffs—but no one ever sees it. Doctors sit quietly in their offices with their ideas and experience. Marketing professionals work to try to find … Continue reading →

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Learning Communities: Providing the Road Maps to Navigate Medical School

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

The Wing of Zock staff recently sat down with Meg Keeley, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, to discuss learning communities and the beneficial role they can play for medical school students. … Continue reading →

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Einstein’s MedMo: Letting the Subject Matter Experts Lead

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

By David Flores and Paul Moniz If you produce content in any form, you know how important it is to get it right. Readers and viewers are busy. They want something that advances their knowledge, prompts them to think—and perhaps … Continue reading →

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The Future of the Medical Meeting

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

By Bryan Vartabedian, MD I recently co-organized Millennial Medicine, an international meeting on the future of medical education.  The meeting, the speakers and the comraderie was amazing.  But what happened beyond the room was just as interesting.  Our meeting was … Continue reading →

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Wing of Zock Navigates the Medicare Maze in Health Wonk Review

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

The Wing of Zock is featured in the latest Health Wonk Review hosted by Joe Paduda at Managed Care Matters, a medical news and health policy blog. In her featured post, Dr. Conroy blogs about the fundamentals of Medicare and provides … Continue reading →

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Health Care Social Media Review #HCSM

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Compiled By Sarah Sonies Welcome to the latest edition of Health Care Social Media Review, where we highlight blog posts from health care thought leaders on social media best practices, resources, narrative experiences, case studies, and new communications tools. This … Continue reading →

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Warren Alpert Medical School New Dual-Degree Program is Designed to Address Primary Care Needs

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

By Sarah Sonies Leaders at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University have recognized the need  not only to educate more primary care doctors, but also to provide a diverse medical curriculum to enhance and emphasize active learning models. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Engagement, Future of AMCs, Medical Education, Newsroom, Primary Care | 1 Comment

Wing of Zock to Host Next Health Care Social Media Review

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Wing of Zock will be hosting the next Health Care Social Media Review on April 24! #HCSM Review, curated by Health Works Collective, is intended to showcase posts about the importance of health care social media use to both patients and … Continue reading →

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Unconscious Barriers to Equity

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

By Anne Berlin Originally posted March 22, 2013 on the Equity of Care blog. When the Founding Partners convened to determine core goals of the National Call to Action to Eliminate Health Care Disparities, there was ready consensus around increasing diversity … Continue reading →

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Crowdsource request: Help our dialogue with leaders in academic medicine regarding social media

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Originally posted on April 1, 2013 By Ted Eytan, MD I have been invited by the Association of American Medical Colleges (@aamctoday) to join social media superstar physicians Vinny Arora, MD (@futuredocs) and Bryan Vartabedian, MD (@Doctor_V) in leading a … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Engagement, Health Care Innovation, Patient Engagement | 4 Comments