I thought this was a pretty good recovery on the part of the news program… just go with it… you make a blooper, laugh about it. (Obviously you wouldn’t if anyone were hurt, but there were no damages from this earthquake… fortunately).
Medical News Humor? – Newly Discovered Earthquake Mechanism
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…
Medical Education By Making Things Fun? Can We Do This With Foleys?
Can we do this with Foleys?
I sincerely believe that we can make education fun for patients and for medical professionals to improve learning and compliance. Nursing competencies, docs adhering to hospital policies, students retaining medical knowledge, and patients taking their meds… Let’s make all of that stuff fun. GiggleMed.com will be releasing an ultra-fun medical humor book about infection in the next couple of weeks.
If you have an idea to make learning new behaviors fun, check out Fun Theory… They have a contest open until December 15th.
Medical Humor & Edutainment for H1N1 Awareness?
The appropriate use of medical humor could (and should) have an important role in medical education and public awareness. And although I do think everyone’s going a little overboard with their worries about H1N1, I applaud the effort of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in soliciting the public’s help in alerting the public on the importance of washing hands. The 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest had over 200 entries this month – some funny, some serious.
On September 22nd at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the winner of the H1N1 Public Service Announcement Contest. Congratulations to Dr. Clarke of Baldwin, New York for his winning video H1N1 Rap. You can see his video here:
Dr. Clarke… if you’re reading this… First, great job on the video… Second, some advice… if you make a video for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, then be sure to lose the hand gestures.
The top ten videos from the contest can be found...
Medical Humor Gets Serious (sort of) In GiggleMed Interview
A healthcare marketing firm interviewing a medical humor blog? What could go wrong? Actually, nothing… it might hold some of the keys for healthcare reform… or not. Check it out.
You’ll laugh… you’ll cry… it’s better than Cats.
Click on the link:Â GiggleMed Interview with Talstone Marketing
Or click on the screenshot graphic:
If you happen to be looking for a marketing team for your practice, your institution, your healthcare organization, or your health-related business, I really recommend you look into the Talstone Group. They’re completely awesome… if you’re looking for anything from strategic planning to branding to patient education to target market research and analysis, then BOOYAH… Talstone Group (I’m not sure how the marketing-types will like my “BOOYAH”, but they’re the real deal.)
By the way, they didn’t ask me to endorse their group at all… Well, come to think of it… maybe their marketing is so powerful, they took control of my mind and actually made me want to say so...