Atlas 1988 by Alan Sherman, DPM

Atlas 1988 by Alan Sherman, DPM

I built this sculpture in the early days
of my practice years - when I had some free time.
I also did some wood sculture and then a series
of 20+ pieces of laminated plate glass scultures
that are distributed throughout my home now.

We're Medical Doctors

We're Medical Doctors

I have a story to tell you that represents a culmination for me, as a podiatrist. I use a social networking website called StumbleUpon.com as entertainment. It's a site that brings you to the highest rated web pages in categories that you choose, representing your interests. It's like walking through your favorite bookstore section and a guide is there to recommend the best books...only here, the guide gives you advice based on the votes of millions of people. “Crowdsourcing” is the term used. It's remarkable that they're mostly right..and you find some interesting stuff using “StumbleUpon.”

Last night, I stumbled to a website called Wiki.Answers.com, a search engine like Google, which allows you to ask questions in full sentences. The question being asked on that page was one I happened to be interested in (no surprise there). It was:

"What are the different kinds of medical doctors?"

Hmm...of course I had to check. And among the gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, anesthesiologists, and ophthalmologists...were podiatrists.

We certainly deserve this...we are certainly medical doctors. Stay on the lookout for other similar MD sightings.

Alan Sherman, DPM, CCMEP
CEO, PRESENT e-Learning Systems,

Florida doctor ousted after denouncing doughnuts

http://current.com/items/90684197_fla-doctor-ousted-after-denouncing-doughnuts.htm

You try to set an example, you try change some unhealthy behaviors in the health department that you run...and you do it with humor. Of course, you get fired...

Delivering the Clinical Conference Experience Online:
A Model for Tomorrow's Medical Education


BOCA RATON, Fla. June 24, 2009 - Alan Sherman, DPM and Michael Shore, DPM, founding members of one the fastest growing medical education companies, PRESENT e-Learning Systems, delivered a model of what medical education could look like in the near future.

Their presentation to a packed room full of pharmaceutical and medical device executives focused on adding social networking features to online medical education and was presented at the recent Healthcare Communications and Management Association's (HCMA) annual meeting held in Jersey City, N.J.
Sherman reviewed the explosion of social networking use around the world and presented a model for recreating the live clinical conference education experience with currently available Internet social networking tools. Drs. Sherman and Shore were invited by Diane Kusko, Marketing Director, WW Cardiovascular/Metabolic/Endocrine Disease for Pfizer Inc. Krusko also serves as the HCMA's Academic Co-Chair.

The HCMA (http://www.TheHCMA.org) is THE comprehensive resource for healthcare marketing, communications and education professionals. As a national, nonprofit organization, the HCMA is dedicated to advancing, enhancing and optimizing the careers of its members.

PRESENT e-Learning Systems (http://www.presentelearning.com) is one of the fastest growing a medical education and communications companies that specializes in online streaming media, CE/CME medical education and social networking for medical professionals. PRESENT e-Learning Systems pioneered online medical education and the integration of social networking for healthcare professionals.



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Green Cay Park is a finely developed wetlands project in Delray Beach, Florida. On any ole' day, you can see Florida Aligators and 5-10 types of water birds. On some days, there are hundreds. Beautifully built boardwalks elevated above ground level provide a great view and a nice place to do an open air exercise nature walk.

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Green Cay - 12800 Hagen Ranch Road • Boynton Beach • (561) 966-7000 • Located in suburban Delray Beach on the east side of Hagen Ranch Road between Woolbright Road and Atlantic Avenue. 100+ acres of farm land have been transformed by Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department into a wetlands ecosystem. A railed boardwalk with frequent rest stops, some of them shaded, traverses this wildlife habitat. There is also a 9,000-square-foot nature center that includes a turtle pond, frog habitats, an alligator hole and murals depicting what the land, previously the Green Cay Farm, looked like decades ago. Admission is free.




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Time to Call the Doctor in Your Pocket?

Thursday, Februay 19, 2009 - A new initiative was launched at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona this week that aims to take advantage of the ubiquity of mobile phones to help foster better healthcare around the world. Several weeks ago we heard about how cell phones can be used to test for diseases when labs and clinics aren't available. The Rockefeller Foundation, the UN Foundation and The Vodafone Foundation announced the Mobile Health (mHealth) Alliance this week in Barcelona, a new initiative that hopes to put cell phones to better use and expand the availability of care. Quoting Terry Kramer, strategy director at British operator Vodafone, the AFP reports, "When you consider that there are 2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world, 305 million computers but only 11 million hospital beds you can instantly see how mobiles can create effective solutions to address health care challenges." Forrester analyst Elizabeth Boehm said, "One of the main challenges, in mobile health, is that people who are most in need of health care are usually more aged, so they don't use the mobile or they're not comfortable with it." One of the goals of the mHealth Alliance is to change that. Mobile phones are capable of monitoring blood glucose, administering tests, reminding patients when to take their medicines, and used as alternative means to contact healthcare professionals to provide care over-the-phone when they aren't available in person. The mHealth Alliance is charged with increasing the awareness of how these tools can be put to better use.