Assessment of a blog as a medium for dermatology education

Tasneem Poonawalla MD PharmD, Richard F Wagner Jr MD
Dermatology Online Journal 12 (2): 5
The Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. rfwagner@utmb.edu

Abstract

Our first year experience with the use of a web log as a communication tool for our dermatology interest group at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB) is described. We find the UTMB Dermatology Interest Group Blog facilitates educational opportunities, serves as a dermatology resource for medical students, and improves communication. It is an educational innovation that could be adopted by other dermatology departments.