I guess no one wants to chatter about encryption – ODDS BODKINS!!!

Have tried the honey technique to get folks to chatter about impending encryption issues in Ontario for inter-collegial communication, but to no avail, to no email as well.  Take a gander at the iTrans promo piece from the JayZCDA (bolded up and italicized – you know why)……….then ask yourself why it’s being recommended for communication … Read more

Virtual education – an idea finally being understood and accepted

I’ve taken or given CE for 137 years and once the Internet took hold, never understood the practicality of sitting in a room with poor acoustics, uncomfortable chairs and in the vast majority of situations, that had no facility for note taking because of the abscess, sorry absence,  of tables, school desks or simply lousy lighting. … Read more

There’s one thing I’m certain of; return I will to old Brazil

Since 1998, I have been a member of a forum called ROOTS. It has provided me with daily collegial education ever since. Like any discussion forum, there is the usual coterie of egos, flaming and silliness. But, like anything where the sum is greater than the parts, it soldiers on and daily, we learn, we … Read more

Animation – it’s in your future REDUX

And the hits just keep on a’coming……….. http://www.dental-picture-show.com/ http://animatedtooth.com/dental-animations-extractions-trauma-emergencies.htm http://www.dental-animation.com/dental-animation-about.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FvkHiXk5Q http://www.tbg-designs.com/dental-animation-a-illustration.html Plug all of the above into your browser and review. The long term objective is that doing this individually would financially ruin you, but imagine IF, instead of buying hundreds of off the shelf animations, you shared the costs with colleagues, or study … Read more

Animation – it’s in your future

With Apple becoming the #1 company on the NYSE – how long will it be before someone gets the message and brings APPLE to a dental convention near to you. A hands-on program for developing customized patient education iMovies – access to animation vignettes from Consult Pro which should be on this like a fat … Read more

Of case reports and virtual journals

Still working on getting an eChronicle up at Oral Health……ah, the corporate world…….just ask S&P………. Wish to share a number of intriguing sites I’ve come across as I seek a way to build the perfect beast…….. http://orthocj.com/ http://www.arvanitis.com/smile-makeover-proofs/detailed-smile-gallery.html And of course, my personal favorite http://www.ijdcr.com/ Related articles Now is the time for all good dentists to … Read more

Roll your own….

Found a few interesting sites for those diehards who like to “roll their own” when it comes to graphics for blogs and e-newsletters. In searching out topic areas, this particular aspect of practice management is exploding….. http://www.dentalwisdom.com/training/anatomy/traininganatomy1.html  for those explaining occlusion and TMJ. Shutterstock – just plug in the keywords, there is a charge, but it’s … Read more

Follow the bouncing cursor REDUX

Take the concept of the previous blog – all you need to do to review past entries is click the masthead and then either review by category or by month in archives. The point of any PUSH technology or as we now know it, social media, is “CONNECTIVITY” and delivery of content to any platform … Read more

Follow the bouncing cursor

News on the street is that iTunes 11 is to get a radical overhaul that will include, wait for it, iCloud integration. A slicker cleaner interface compared to previous versions and “word” on the street is that iCloud will be acting as a backup for all data.  Once again, Apple is leading the way for … Read more

Consult Pro – moving on up into the CLOUD

Consult Pro keeps iterating. The one feature that in my opinion makes all of these educational companies important and relevant is the ability to send the material to the patient for review at home by email….CONNECTIVITY MES ENFANTS – it’s the key to everything. Related articles Set up your Own Cloud (mustufarahi.wordpress.com) A Super Thin … Read more

And just in case you think I’ve gone completely mental…

The calibre of public education in N. Ameria, not unlike our infrastructure is in decline. Private schools cost as much as the down payment on a downtown 500 sq. ft. condo apartment in Toronto. Visit – Connections Academy – it may be cheaper and better to learn online than walking through metal detectors at the … Read more

Canadian patient education software showcased world-wide

Dr. Reena Gajjar CEO of MyDentalHub was recently interviewed by Dental Tribune International. Dr. Gajjar, in collaboration with Melissa Summerfield, Catherine Wilson and the Biz Group, will in short order link MyDentalChronicles off www.mydentalbuddies.com to the new server running www.oralhealthjournal.com – I’m finally going to get BUDDY PRESS and we can go VIRAL – huzzah!!! … Read more

Well, we’re moving on up……

There were endless reasons why Melissa and Catherine reached out to Dr. Reena Gajjar of MyDentalHub to develop MyDentalChronicles on www.mydentalbuddies.com which in collaboration with www.oralhealthjournal.com will offer daily clinical case reports in time.  The editorial board of Oral Health represents a vast reservoir of talent, knowledge and skill and once they begin posting their … Read more

If I see further, it’s because I finally got my prescription fixed

CRITICAL THINKING AND COMPREHENSIVE REASONING.  Amazing young lad, Dr. Jeff Glaizel popped by the blog today and did what social networkers  Image via Wikipedia should be doing, “he learned me something new!” Check out   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_decision_support_system And lettuce chat on the comments section – pay attention now

Can you create truth through social networking?

In the waning years of my career, I consistently take the time to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly. When asked if I’m getting ready to retire, I respond immediately, “and do what – golf?”. Now there’s a mind numbing pursuit if there ever was one, chasing a little ball into a … Read more

How Consumer Technology & User-Generated Content Are Changing Ed-Tech

By Audrey Watters – June 26, 2011 – from ReadWriteWeb Once you’ve read the blog posting, view both the video clips from YOUTUBE – one explains the concept, the other demonstrates it in the most incredible way possible – editor I’m at the ISTE 2011 conference this week, which purports to be the premier ed-tech conference in … Read more