In my previous post, I explained how I described what professional idea blogs (and are not) to my colleagues. Merlin Mann at 43 Folders has a nice post on Blogs: Watching passionate thoughts evolve (in public). In it he, offers a nice description of a new-blogger’s experience, and this advice to bloggers: “Remember that your [...]
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Archive | February, 2007
Blogging out in the open in a clinical setting
February 20, 2007
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Roy from Shrink Rap’s commented on my post about Web 2.0 opportunities that he has “not EVEN mentioned to anyone about our psychiatry podcast.” That surprised me, given how significant his web presence is. But that was certainly true of my blog until a couple of weeks ago, when I finally “decloaked” my blog to [...]
Read moreHow clinicians learn: Web 2.0 Opportunities?
February 8, 2007
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A thoughtful colleague of mine observed yesterday that, although there is a range of ways clinicians get clinical information about suicide (articles, workshops, books, practice manuals), a lot of clinical learning takes place informally–by doing the work and by talking with other clinicians. That is probably especially true for the busiest front-line clinicians. I later [...]
Read moreTech tools for clinical thinking and training
February 8, 2007
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Whenever I present, I get questions about the technology I use. I work on a Fujitsu T Series Lifebook (T is for Tablet PC), and use MindManger by Mindjet for almost everything I think about or present. I’m happy to let people know what I use because I think they are tools that lend themselves [...]
Read moreClinician response to violation of the “social contract”
February 7, 2007
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I had a stimulating conversation with a senior colleague in the CSPS yesterday. One part of the conversation centered around what happens for us, as clinicians, when the patient does not fulfill his/her end of the “social contract” that is implied when someone goes to a mental health professional. The assumed contract is that the [...]
Read moreClinician anxiety–what’s it about?
February 1, 2007
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When the “S” word comes up, many clinicians feel on edge. I’m sure that more than one factor (and different factors for different people) that contributes to the anxiety, but they are different enough that it affects how we would target training. Here are some possibilities: Uncomfortable with the pain and despair of another. Squemish [...]
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