Illustration
of puncture wounded
First
part of this post may be seen at: “Why Medical Students Need Specific Social Media? - Part 1”
Host
and co-host discuss about the content of “Figure 1 app.” The feel
that the content so gruesome and gross for common people to see the
website.
The
guest, John Herrman comments that “Figure 1 app” is one of 100
list of things he regrets to see in internet, unfortunate the site to
be popular right now.
John
Herrman feel strange of Doctors make a joke about punctured by a nail
and how the patient nailed it.
It
is not wrong, but just so strange to see (the picture) and to talk
about it.
Then,
the host interviewed Lauren, his friend who is a first year resident
in an emergency room.
Lauren
and her friends do use “Figure 1 app.” It’s really popular,
particularly among medical students.
But,
Lauren think the images are worst, gross and horrible. Lauren said,
for her, “Figure 1 app” was not a useful educational tool.
She
just see the images when kind of boring with other things. It is
least tangentially related to medicine.
Illustration
for gangrene (credit to Google)
However,
one medical student, Nick DeVito is a third-year resident at Tufts
Medical Center working toward a career in hematology and oncology has
own opinion.
He
favors to particularly beautiful photos of growths, gashes, and
gangrene from Figure 1 app (Popper, 2015).
Illustration
of skin layers (credit to Google)
Many
other student thinks that a picture is worth, it is because the image
is sharing and connect with everyone.
In
addition, Doctors would post images along with a description of the
patient and the condition.
Reference
Popper,
B. 2015. I'm addicted to the gruesome and beautiful photographs on
Figure 1, an Instagram for doctors. The Verge. Retrieved from
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/6/8341217/figure-1-medical-images-sharing-app
