http://www.jenniferhawke.com/2009/01/how-to-write-about-patients/ a mom in medicine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jenniferhawke.com/2009/01/how-to-write-about-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-3389 Mei Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:45:51 +0000 http://www.jenniferhawke.com/2009/01/23/how-to-write-about-patients/#comment-3389 At my Canadian school the dean's advice was to have have nothing but the most benign information available about yourself online. Come CaRMS time someone *will* look you up and the more info that is out there the more there is to interpret in a negative way. You have to remember that the generation of physicians on selection committees are of a more conservative generation and may look askance at even having a blog let alone sharing personal information. Our generation may think nothing of living with someone without being married (information clearly obtainable from your site) but this is something that could count against you (not to mention that it is also sharing information that in interviews would be considered illegal questions, ie. are you married, do you intend to have kids, etc.). It is obviously such a big part of who you are, but you may want to think about password protecting the site or disabling it temporarily once the application process is started. At my Canadian school the dean’s advice was to have have nothing but the most benign information available about yourself online. Come CaRMS time someone *will* look you up and the more info that is out there the more there is to interpret in a negative way. You have to remember that the generation of physicians on selection committees are of a more conservative generation and may look askance at even having a blog let alone sharing personal information. Our generation may think nothing of living with someone without being married (information clearly obtainable from your site) but this is something that could count against you (not to mention that it is also sharing information that in interviews would be considered illegal questions, ie. are you married, do you intend to have kids, etc.). It is obviously such a big part of who you are, but you may want to think about password protecting the site or disabling it temporarily once the application process is started.

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