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Healthtalkonline is the award-winning website of the DIPEx charity and replaces the website formerly at dipex.org. Healthtalkonline lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. You can watch or listen to videos of the interviews, read about people's experiences and find reliable information about conditions, treatment choices and support. The information on Healthtalkonline is based on qualitative research into patient experiences, led by experts at the University of Oxford. These personal stories of health and illness will enable patients, families and healthcare professionals to benefit from the experiences of others

The University of Saskatchewan sponsors this blog. Recent posts include "Medical Education Uses in Second Life" and "Who Says Medical Education Hasn't Changed?"

University of Alberta's tutorial on designing for active learning

A nice example of Netvibes being used to support medical staff and students at the University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands.

"Shows a patient simulation in the virtual world of Second Life by MUVErs used in nursing courseswith funding from University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Accelerated BSN progam."

"Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust"

Cardiff Universities Virtual Patients

"When it comes to being engaged at work and experiencing high well-being after graduation, a new Gallup-Purdue University study of college graduates shows that the type of institution they attended matters less than what they experienced there. Yet, just 3% of all the graduates studied had the types of experiences in college that Gallup finds strongly relate to great jobs and great lives afterward."

We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching.

We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching.

"The goal of ART is to bring faculty development to the teaching practice through the use of short, focused modules."

Photos of happy, smiling faces on patient education websites may engage readers, but they also may have a negative impact on older adults' comprehension of vital health information, especially those elderly patients who are the least knowledgeable about their medical condition to begin with, suggests a new study.

3 semesters worth of lectures on human biology, health and disease, medical research, and health care. The lectures are available through iTunes, YouTube, and on the Stanford Mini Med School website. Click winter term, spring term, and fall term to access the different lectures.

"GeriaSims are interactive "virtual patient" simulations on issues encountered in the care of older adults. Each simulation takes approximately 1 hour to complete, depending on your level of content knowledge."

Medical students at Penn State make films of their patients to gain more understanding of what it's like to live with serious illness.

Using wikis in medical education