Inviting participation

Inviting participation

Hello all This is my first post to all Friends of QMed and blog visitors, at the launch of this blog. As we mentioned in the welcome message, we had been planning this blog for while now. The idea was initiated when a young lady, Kiran Gill gave me an hour of time last year, at a Marketing Clinic offered by UnLtd India. (This organization had me as an investee for a year in 2010-2011 and helped me reframe our Foundation's plans). Kiran said "newsletters could get boring and many would never read them fully. Blogs are what your medical students…
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eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education

eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education

Stellefson M et al eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education J Med Internet Res. 2011 Dec 1;13(4):e102 In this article, the authors studied six articles and one doctoral dissertation to find out the eHealth literacy of college students - that is - their capability to locate, use and evaluate electronically available health information. They observed that although college students are comfortable with using the Internet to find health information, their eHealth literacy skills are not upto the mark. They feel that college students, especially in the health and medical professions, need specialized training…
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