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Læger: Hvem er de og hvad kan de? Lægegerningen er et af verdens ældste erhverv og samtidig et af de mest mangesidige. Som cand.med. kan man komme til at arbejde med alt fra forskning og medicinproduktion, over international rådgivning og nødhjælp, til kirurgi eller formidling. Man kan behandle akutte patienter på landets sygehuse eller følge […]

[flickr id=”7418761584″ thumbnail=”medium” overlay=”true” size=”original” group=”” align=”right”] Som deltager i en gruppe der forbereder en udstilling om forskellige aspekter af overvægt blev mit blik straks fanget af en reklame på Hamborgs hovedbanegård. Den kæmpestore reklame var nu heller ikke nem at komme uden om. Min første tanke ved synet af teksten ”So stabelt man Glücksgefühle,” […]

I forbindelse med Medicinsk Museions kommende udstilling, hvor der bl.a. vil blive kastet et blik på fedmekirurgien, planlægger vi at udstille eksempler på kirurgiske instrumenter. Dels instrumenter man historisk set har benyttet i forbindelse med mave-tarm operationer, og dels udstyr man i dag bruger ved laparoskopiske fedmeoperationer. Særligt de ældre stålinstrumenter, som er blevet brugt […]

At least on paper the World Health Organization (WHO) constitutes the foremost authority when it comes to public health. According its own website the organisation is “responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and […]

I have attended several conferences in my life. Some inspiring, some boring, some well organised and some a terribly mess. I have also not attended a lot of conferences in my life. Either due to lack of funding or lack of time. Conferences which were not relevant enough or where only one session was really interesting. […]

This week on the 30th and 31st of May several of us here at the Medical Museion will be participating in the Danish Association of Science and Technology Studies Conference 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is “Danish STS on Display: Sensing, Knowing, Intervening.” The original call for submissions can be read on the […]

Scientists and researchers who still haven’t considered Wikipedia to be relevant for their academic career or who perhaps disregard Wikipedia for scientific purposes all together, might have to reconsider their point of view. At least they will have to get used to the fact that social media is sneaking its way into the other-wise so […]

How do you explain why social media can be a good thing for researchers to look into? What advantages and what challenges are important to highlight? This week, I’ll be introducing social media for science communication to the Danish Public Health Sciences Alumni (in Danish). It always helps being quite convinced yourself of what you […]

On the 27. of April we opened our new exhibition ‘Experiences of Ageing‘ featuring drawings and objects from a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship by the London artist Lucy Lyons. At the opening seminar Lucy gave a general introduction to her work in artistic research and to the exhibition. Watch this short video from the opening to find out […]

Social media “likes” healthcare. This is the title of a recently launched report from PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI). The subtitle; From marketing to social business, reveals that the report is focused on the role of social media in health care business. It does however have some interesting findings which are relevant also seen from […]

Social media presents several advantages to public health science communication. But it would be wrong not to acknowledge that there are also challenges to the media. Below I have listed some of them. As with the advantages, I am sure there are many more challenges than those below, so please do add to the list […]

The other day I blogged about some of the similarities I see between public health sciences and social media. Similarities which makes social media particular relevant for public health science communication. Apart from the similarities, I have been trying to put together a list of other advantages of social media for science communication, which I […]