Med Ed Update perfectly fits into my concept of a “professional blog.” It is a collection of news and blog articles about the goings on in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. The blog caters to the university’s medical education community, keeping its audience updated on the latest news, happenings and issues within, around, and concerning the college. The blog seems to be intended for Carver College of Medicine’s students, faculty, and other people interested in knowing the latest about the college.
Good things about MedCom
The first thing I noticed about the blog is its simplicity that allows for easy navigation. You wouldn’t have to lie idle for a couple of seconds just to figure out how to find the things that you want to find in the blog. Just below the header are two links: one to the article before the one you are reading, and another to the next article. Should you wish to visit the college’s main website, you can click the logo of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine on the upper left hand corner of each page.
The articles or blog entries include pictures to keep each page from being too plain or boring. The blog is composed mainly of news entries about the latest happenings in Carver College of Medicine, but there are also feature articles about some notable people in the medical education community. An example is an article about student Jennifer Miller Meyer, who extends service to an underserved community in Mazatlan, Mexico. There is an option to add a comment at the end of each blog entry.
Not-so-good things about MedCom
If the blog would maximize the Internet’s capacity by making use of other forms of media, it would be better. Perhaps the blog administrators can spice up the blog more by adding videos, sound bytes, and even more pictures to make the blog more hip and interesting.
