by Peter Beck on March 12, 2008
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I’ve been in medical podcasting for close to 2 years now — about half the duration it’s been fairly popular as a new medium. (That’s not me in the pic, BTW, it’s an older gent, courtesy of iStockphoto, embodying today’s theme: maturity is a good thing.)
I started out as an interested rank beginner who knew [...]
by Peter Beck on March 8, 2008
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Or for that matter, to enter the New Media space in any way, as a medical professional.
Today’s show answers the “Why now?” question using an analogy any medpro can relate to: the elective timing of a necessary surgery.
You can “pay me now,” taking care of the inevitable on your own terms, at the lowest risk [...]
by Peter Beck on December 20, 2007
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…to take your medical practice online in a major way.
Stake out your corner of the Internet if you haven’t, and dust off all your social weapons if you have.
If you’re a practicing medical professional, there’s no better or more advantageous time to enter this space, using tools like blogging, social networking, and of course, podcasting.
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by Peter Beck on October 13, 2007
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When is a medical podcast not a medical podcast?
When you’re interviewing two folks who blow standard definitions right out of the water. From the OC Podcasters‘ booth at the Podcast And New Media Expo, I was lucky enough to snag Tee Morris of Podcasting For Dummies fame, and Cirina Catania, a multimedia film and video [...]
by Peter Beck on September 24, 2007
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Today’s show is about becoming a smoother, more confident medical podcaster. And you can work on this using a piece of “gear” you already use every day: your car windshield.
Even though talking to patients is more practice than most podcasters get (nearly zero prep time, covering multiple topics, and projecting a relaxed professionalism), there IS [...]