Walter van den Broek, MD, PhD
Walter van den Broek is a psychiatrist.
Medical Education
Video podcasts are not ready to replace lectures. This disappointing result is recently published online. Teachers are eager to use new information technology to teach. When I’m doing a lecture at our medical school, these lectures are made to podcasts…
Video podcasts are not ready to replace lectures.
This disappointing result is recently published online.
Teachers are eager to use new information technology to teach. When I’m doing a lecture at our medical school, these lectures are made to podcasts and posted on blackboard. Together with the slides, students can rehears or listen to the lecture afterwords when not present. This is during undergraduate medical …
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Are video podcasts are ready to replace medical lectures?
Social Media in Medicine
In normal every day life with face to face contact, the physical characteristics and knowledge about social background form the identity of your contact. It’s stable and three dimensional. You know that person, it’s therefor very difficult for the other…
In normal every day life with face to face contact, the physical characteristics and knowledge about social background form the identity of your contact.
It’s stable and three dimensional. You know that person, it’s therefor very difficult for the other to claim another identity or create impressions inconsistent with how you know him or her. Online identity is a different topic. You can create ideal …
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Facebook, narcissism and low self esteem
Physician
Often I ask my residents that if you can’t take care of yourself, how do you expect to take care of your patients? Or in another way: the only difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he’s…
Often I ask my residents that if you can’t take care of yourself, how do you expect to take care of your patients?
Or in another way: the only difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he’s not a doctor. These sound like cliches but there is some truth in them. In short, doctors are just ordinary people with ordinary problems who can …
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How doctors can cope with stress
Social Media in Medicine
Do Facebook and other social networking services damage the profession of physicians or the public trust in this profession? So far, no systematic research into this topic has been published. However several cases were presented in the media resulting in…
Do Facebook and other social networking services damage the profession of physicians or the public trust in this profession?
So far, no systematic research into this topic has been published. However several cases were presented in the media resulting in disciplinary measures. On social networking sites patients may learn information about their doctors that compromises the professional relationship. Threats to patient confidentiality is another danger of …
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Facebook and physician professionalism
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