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http://www.webicina.com/about/ [|Webicina] is a free Web 2.0 site for physicians, nurses, health care providers, and patients to obtain easy to use quality medical information, online courses and workshops. It allows for patient-physician interactions, physician-physician collaboration and consultations; presentation of research, and blogs. There is special section for nurses : One of the most active online medical communities is dedicated to nurses as the number of nursing-related websites is enormous. Nursing in Social Media helps you find relevant resources.



__**RESOURCES:**__
Nursing and Web 2.0 on Webicina.Com
 * [|News and Information on Nursing]
 * [|Nursing in the Blogosphere]
 * [|Nursing Podcasts and Intrerviews]
 * [|Nursing Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums]
 * [|Microblogging: Twitter and Friendfeed]
 * [|Nursing Wikis]
 * [|Nursing videos, animations and videocasts]
 * [|Mobile Applications]
 * [|Social Bookmarking]
 * [|Medical Search Engines]
 * [|Trend Trackers]
 * [|Clinical Cases and Images in Nursing]
 * [|Slideshows about Nursing]


 * scienceroll.com
 * AcuteZorg.nl
 * Clinical Cases and Images
 * Azo.nl
 * David Rothman
 * Digital Pathology Blog
 * EBM and Clinical Support Librarians
 * eHealth
 * Health Care Law Blog
 * Health Management Rx>
 * Highlight Health
 * Kevin, MD
 * Medgadget
 * Medicine 2.0 Blog Carnival
 * MicrobiologyBytes
 * weboldalkészítés.net
 * PeRSSonalized Medicine,

__**SWAT:**__
STRENGTHS:
 * One site offers numerous opportunities for patients, physicians and other health care advocates
 * FREE access
 * Easy to access and navigate
 * Current literature searches completed on topics from professional journals
 * Monitored for appropriateness
 * Provides health care providers with collaborative method throughout the world
 * Input for improvements is requested of users
 * Allows for searches on any health care topic
 * You can connect to their newsletter or receive latest information on specific topics
 * Complies with the [|HONcode standard for trustworthy health] information

WEAKNESSES:
 * Patients may have access to information that they don't understand and get confused, or misunderstand
 * Information obtained by patients may create depression and/or hopelessness, doesn't take into account human factor of 'will to live'
 * Information generally is derived from professional journals, but information could be introduced that isn't professionally supported or research

OPPORTUNITIES:
 * Connections with experts world wide
 * Collaboration with experts world wide on difficult patient conditions
 * Examination of patients can be completed on line to be evaluated by other physicians world wide for collaboration

THREATS:
 * Opportunity for spreading misinformation
 * Information may be accessed by minors or misinterpreted

IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM:
 * Students can research topics and collaborate with others
 * Students can research topics 'through the eyes of the patient'
 * Students can follow the progress of a patient via blogs
 * Students can observe assessments of patients from anywhere in the world