TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical Student Dermatology Interest Groups
AU - Jalalat, Sheila Z.
AU - Hunter-Ellul, Lindsey
AU - Wagner, Richard F.
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Richard F. Wagner, Jr., MD, JD: Dr. Wagner was a Summa Cum Laude 1976 graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania where he majored in psychology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York (MD, 1980) and The University of Houston Law Center (JD, 1994). He became board-certified in internal medicine (1983) following Internal Medicine Residency at Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York and dermatology (1986) following Dermatology Residency at the combined Boston University-Tufts University program, Boston, Massachusetts. He completed a research fellowship sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the Dermatology Foundation at Tufts Medical School in Molecular Biology working on melanoma oncogene research, and completed an American College of Mohs Surgery Fellowship at Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas in 1988. Since then he has been a full-time faculty dermatologist at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), where he is the Edgar B. Smith Professor of Dermatology, Deputy Chair, Mohs Director, and Residency Program Director. He has served as the faculty advisor to the UTMB DIG since its creation in 2004. Dr. Wagner is very involved with medical student education at UTMB where he directs ten courses related to dermatology. His most recent class pairs popular novels that contain skin disease content to their derivative films. Students in this class identify differences between the text and the film, critically review the written and visual depictions of the skin disease, and explain what potential factors motivated the filmmaker to make changes from the book. He has authored over 200 publications.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - The Dermatology Interest Group (DIG) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) blog (digutmb.blogspot.com) was created in 2004 with the aims of increasing communication and collaboration among students, faculty, residents, and alumni, promoting educational opportunities, and fostering the missions for which DIG was created. This blog is unique, because its frequent activity is directed toward the educational and professional needs of medical students and residents. We assessed the use of this blog by evaluating the number of blog views and audience members with relationship to the number of posts and post content over time via a tracking system. We found that there has been an increase in blog posts, views, and subscribers, as well as in areas of post content including dermatology resources/news/articles, residency applications, and resident-related information. Usefulness of such posts expands beyond UTMB students, which increases blog views and widens viewer audience. An international viewer population also was evaluated. Recorded blog viewing time was 1 minute, 57 seconds, which is more time than needed to read a post, suggesting use of additional blog information. This review of the DIG at the UTMB blog demonstrates how the use of web-based tools, in addition to the inherent benefits of medical student interests groups, are valuable resources for students, residents, and faculty.
AB - The Dermatology Interest Group (DIG) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) blog (digutmb.blogspot.com) was created in 2004 with the aims of increasing communication and collaboration among students, faculty, residents, and alumni, promoting educational opportunities, and fostering the missions for which DIG was created. This blog is unique, because its frequent activity is directed toward the educational and professional needs of medical students and residents. We assessed the use of this blog by evaluating the number of blog views and audience members with relationship to the number of posts and post content over time via a tracking system. We found that there has been an increase in blog posts, views, and subscribers, as well as in areas of post content including dermatology resources/news/articles, residency applications, and resident-related information. Usefulness of such posts expands beyond UTMB students, which increases blog views and widens viewer audience. An international viewer population also was evaluated. Recorded blog viewing time was 1 minute, 57 seconds, which is more time than needed to read a post, suggesting use of additional blog information. This review of the DIG at the UTMB blog demonstrates how the use of web-based tools, in addition to the inherent benefits of medical student interests groups, are valuable resources for students, residents, and faculty.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.02.001
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 24079594
AN - SCOPUS:84884691375
SN - 0738-081X
VL - 31
SP - 656
EP - 660
JO - Clinics in Dermatology
JF - Clinics in Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -