Evolution of the blog

Is it time to change the blog? To let it evolve? #MSBlog #MSResearch

"First the internet, and then the web, has transformed society and how we interact with each other. I would argue that the greatest benefit to mankind has been its effect on the democratisation of knowledge and the easy access to knowledge via efficient search engines. Gone are the paternalistic days when neurologists knew it all and the patient (yes, the patient rather than the MSer, or person with MS) knew very little."

"One thing I have learnt from this blog is that there are no real boundaries between people with MS, their families, healthcare professionals, researchers, politicians and other people with an interest in MS, when it comes to access to knowledge. I frequently learn things I don't know from comments made by you the reader. Therefore, we are proposing changing our byline to the following:


A blog for people interested in multiple sclerosis
"Interpreting good, bad and other MS news"

Why the proposed change? We run a MS Preceptorship, or teaching course, for trainee healthcare professionals (HCPs) with an interest in MS. As part of this course we want to extend the teaching online. We could do this via a separate website requiring online registration, but feel this would be wrong. You have already expressed a desire to be able to learn about MS in existing teaching portals that are restricted to HCPs only. We want to challenge the status quo. We also feel that you would benefit greatly from reading the case studies and learning about the thought processes and complexities behind clinical decision making and management. Hopefully, the case studies will generate lively debates, to illustrate that medicine remains an art and is not a science."
"In short this site is evolving into a multi-dimensional site for HCPs as well. In reality, this has happened already. I rarely attend a meeting without hearing from HCPs how useful they find some aspects of the blog and how they use it as a resource for information. In fact we are proud of this. We also don't want to force change that you don't want. Therefore we are asking you to vote on the proposed change."

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