Re: Do you Sermo?
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Wed Jun 6 10:41:34 2007
OK, 10 invites sent. 5 of you still need to click on the link in the
e-mail and join up. Thanks to all who accepted the invite. For the
rest of you, here's a link that explains better what sermo is:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070530/ap_on_hi_te/online_medical_forum_1
There don't seem to be a whole lot of OB-gyn's there yet. Y'all c'mon
down.
--
Anna Meenan, MD
At Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Meenan, Anna wrote:
>
>OK, sent off 7 invites this AM. Those who got them, be sure to sign
>up THROUGH the link in the e-mail and thanks bunches. Welcome to
>sermoland.
>
>Apparently the invites don't need to be sent ten at a time, so if 3
>more of you would let me give them your e-mail address, i can get my
>iPod. If not, then we got 7 more great docs in sermoland anyway.
>
>Have a nice day all. I'm on vacation for a week and a half and my
>bratty foreign exchange student goes home Thursday. It's a good week.
>
>Anna Meenan, MD
>
>>OK gang, I have 3 takers, need 7 more. I gotta submit invites in groups
>>of 10. They will not sell your e-mail address to anyone. E-mail
>>addresses are not posted in the forums as they are here. The entities
>>that pay for access to this site just get a concensus of anonymous
>>physicians. They do not have direct access to you. You don't even have
>>to give them your snail mail address unless you want them to have a
>>place to send those 20-dollar checks. They instantly verify that you
>>are indeed a licensed US physician with some sort of database and some
>>questions that the general public would not know the answers to, so
>>there are no trolls there.
>>
>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>At Wed, 30 May 2007, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>>
>>>Hey guys (and gals), are you looking for a place to interact with docs
>>>of all specialties, exchange information, tips, gripes, whatever? This
>>>is actually a pretty interesting concept in forums. Started by an MD,
>>>supported by organizations who are interested in what US docs have to
>>>say about things (interested enough to pay for access). It is free to
>>>licensed MD's and DO's of all specialties. In fact, if you post to a
>>>thread that someone is interested in the concensus on, they might even
>>>send YOU 20 bucks (though I've never gotten anything from them).
>>>
>>>The biggest plus as far as I'm concerned is that you can gripe about the
>>>US medical system without el chiming in (US-licensed docs only el,
>>>sorry).
>>>
>>>This forum is growing. I wouldn't be surprised if the Million Med March
>>>gets its start on sermo.
>>>
>>>Check it out----http://www.sermo.com
>>>
>>>If ten of you give me permission to send your e-mail address to sermo,
>>>they will send you an invite from me and I will get a free i-pod when
>>>you all sign up. Or you could just sign up at the website.
>>>
>>>Oh btw, this site is also anonymous.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>>
