Many in academic medicine have not yet accepted the values of the
social media
revolution. Many tell me that it is clumsy, disjointed, and the
dilution of information makes that information less valuable. Although
my instinct is to be defensive of this medium in which I function, I
unfortunately cannot
disagree with these sentiments.
The other day I went to see Samuel Shem speak. For those of you not familiar, he is the author of House of God which was a pivotal tell all semi-fiction novel about his intern year at Beth Israel in Boston.
