Dobbs roundup (week of 9/6 to 13/6/2014)

 

Dear Dobber,

 

Hope you’ve had a great week. Here’s an update for the weekend to tell you of what’s fresh in Dobbs.

Feel free to click on the links if anything interests you.

 

Picks of the week from the Forums

The PDPA and Doctors
@jasgill finally got this 200 bucks worth. Or did he?

Malaysian Dental Association deregistered
Shocking news for our dental brethren

Missing medical officer found dead in toilet
The sad loss of a young life. RIP Dr. Mark

Stethoscopes going to be extinct in the future?
Thread updated – portable ultrasound anyone?

Silicon stent for central airway obstruction
Interventional pulmonology in the relief of tumour induced stridor

Doctor caught Sexting during surgery
Don’t know what sexting is? Now you know.

The latest topics and replies are in our main Forums listing
To see all the forums, visit the Forums directory
Tip: Search for topics and replies using the search form in the sidebar of the Forums listing. Do this before you contemplate Creating a New Topic as it’s always better to add on to an existing one.

 

Picks of the week from the Activity Timeline

Lots of funny updates in the Humerus Timeline – check it out if you want some laughs
Resistance to lung cancer targeted therapy can be reversed, study suggests
Malaysia Users : Access Cochrane Library Free (until the end of the month)

The Dobbs Activity timeline is like a private Facebook Wall for Doctors only – only much less cluttered than your regular Facebook newsfeed. Check it often for updates, news and views relevant to you. Feel free to comment on any update as well as express your thoughts here or share links, pictures and videos.

Updates from the Dobbs Job Portal

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Create a resume today.
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Do check out the Job Listing for all the available jobs – note you can filter by Job type and Category as well as perform searches in the listing. We have a Job Alert section whereby you can set the alerts so that if any new jobs that interests you arise, you will be notified by email.

 

CME Updates

The Dobbs CPD Quiz/Contest # 3 is on! It’s a 20 question MCQ on haematology and not only do you get CPD points, the winner gets an iPad Mini Retina Display!
The contest ends 10 July 2014 so there is still time to enter.
Remember you can try the quiz only once. There is a time limit of 60 minutes so choose a time of the day when you are free to take the quiz.
For the high scorers so far, don’t be complacent. In case of a tie, the Dobber with more Karma points will win. Make sure you get more Karma points by collecting Achievements. You get Karma for participating in the forums – posting replies and starting new topics, as well as sharing updates in the Activity timeline.

 

Upcoming Events

It’s very easy to upload and publicise your own conferences and events : the instructions are in the main Events page. Do note that Dobbs Events gives you a handy button to add the event that you are interested in to your Google Calendar.

Medical News

Don’t forget we have constantly updated Medical news from Bernama exclusively for Dobbers

Some recent ones:
BIOFREEDOM-SYSTEM BIOSENSORS UNVEILS “BIOFREEDOM” STENT FOR PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK OF BLEEDING

ONLINE VISA APPLICATION, HEALTH EXAMINATION FOR FOREIGN WORKERS STARTING FRIDAY

75 DENGUE DEATHS REPORTED FROM JANUARY TILL JUNE 7

MREM MIDA APPROVES 8 HEALTHCARE TRAVEL PROJECTS WORTH RM561.40 MILLION FROM KPJ

COSMETIC-POISON HEALTH MINISTRY BANS TWO COSMETIC PRODUCTS WITH SCHEDULED POISON

 

Forum Tip of the week
Did you know with one click you can easily visit the next unread reply in a thread or go to the end of the thread? For example in the Most Recent Forum Posts page clicking on the highlighted items will get you there:

That’s it for the week and have a great weekend ahead!

 

Happy Dobbing,

 

@palmdoc