By Tatiana Jenistova, College of Pharmacy, Class of 2015 The TEDMED Live @ NSU 2013 conference has been a stimulating and rewarding experience. Nearly every speaker I had the privilege to listen to challenged fundamental ideas, concepts and perceptions previously set in stone. TEDMED speakers opened my mind and exposed my thoughts to different perspectives such … Continue reading »
TEDMED curates an annual event focusing on health and medicine at the Opera House Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. While innovative speakers on healthcare are the stars of this show, there is a strong tradition of enhancing the TEDMED experience with the Arts. This year, TEDMED is featuring: spoken … Continue reading »
In preparation for the upcoming TEDMEDLive event from April 17-19 organizers have released the TEDMED Connect App for iPhone, iPad, and Android. It can also be accessed via any mobile device with a browser. TEDMED Connect contains all the key information about TEDMED session schedules and speakers as well as a ‘What’s On Now’ button that allows real-time check-in on conference talks. Detailed session calendars as … Continue reading »
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Pharmacy is bringing the TEDMED Live Simulcast program back to NSU April 17-19th, 2013. Building upon last year’s Live program in the US, this year’s HD Simulcast will be transmitted to affiliate hospitals and universities throughout the world for the first time. NSU will be carrying TEDMED Sessions 2-10 in … Continue reading »
What do you think are the 20 greatest challenges we are facing in health and medicine? During the past year TEDMED used crowdsourcing to identify those challenges. This year, TEDMED is capped off by Great Challenges Day as a means to help start tackling those challenges, including Reducing Childhood Obesity. This challenge was identified, in part, as the percentage of “obese … Continue reading »
Currently, the most read article on Pharmacy Practice News is a social media piece titled, “Why Pharmacists Blog“. In it, writer Gina Shaw explores the pharmacy blogosphere and offers readers Blogging 101, including a Blogroll contributed by personnel from the Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy. To view … Continue reading »
The increased use of social media by university students is well-characterized. However, the use of social media specific to pharmacy students is far less so. And little exists regarding their preferences for (and against) the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Wikipedia for educational purposes. Researchers from the Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research along … Continue reading »
