How UI CCOM students can get involved

It's easy to participate:

1. Sign up for some recording sessions (or just show up on a whim, but signing up helps with organization)
2. You'll get an email from Dave Etler with details for that session. If you don't get the email, contact Dave.
3. Show up with your voice all limber.

Here's what you need to know about how it works:

Shows are approximately 40 minutes long. Topics vary. Shows may be:

• A round table discussion with a specific topic of interest to medical students generally 
• A round table discussion during which we discuss current events in medicine 
• A guest interview 

No competence in the topic is required. Preparation is usually minimal, and may involve anything from reading a short story to looking for interesting news from the world of medicine to discuss. We're not NPR, here. Think of it as being more like getting involved in an interesting discussion with friends at a party.

The general format of the 40 minute show is as follows:

1. The show starts with a welcome by Dave Etler. 
2. If there is a guest to be interviewed or specific topic to discuss, we'll do that. Otherwise, we'll discuss what we've been doing at CCOM or in the Hospital. 
3. We'll take a short break for an announcement. 
4. If there is a guest to be interviewed or specific topic to discuss, we'll continue. 
5. Otherwise, we'll discuss news items we've found interesting this week in the general area of medicine. 
6. Dave Etler will close the show. 

LOCATION: One of the learning communities; Watch your email...

How can I find stories to share?

First, start using an RSS feed reader, like Feedly.  Use it to subscribe to news sites, blogs, and other relevant sites.  The primary advantage of an RSS reader is that you can check out the content of all these sites without having to actually go to the individual sites themselves.  

Some of those feeds can be Google News searches.  Here's one that I use.  To set up your own, you've got to use OR and AND as part of your search terms. The search above looks like this when typed into the search field:

hospital doctor curious OR eccentric OR far-out OR freaky OR kooky OR mysterious OR oddball OR outlandish OR peculiar OR secret OR strange OR unnatural OR bizarre OR deviant OR odd OR off-base OR off-color OR peculiar OR strange OR unusual OR weird OR aberrant OR bizarre OR curious OR deviant OR eccentric OR funny OR screwy OR strange OR uncommon OR unorthodox OR unusual OR weird OR comical OR extraordinary OR fantastic OR freakish OR offbeat OR outlandish OR ridiculous

You can create the same search by using Advanced Search.  See the black triangle at the right of the search field?

Click on that to expose the Advanced Search options:

Once you've completed the search, and you're happy with it, scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for the RSS icon:

Right click to copy the link, and then head over to your RSS reader to add that subscription.  In Feedly, look for the Add Content link, in the left column.

Click it, then paste the RSS feed URL into the search field.  Hit enter, and you'll see your search in Feedly.  To finish subscribing, click the "+Feedly" button at the top.

Now, whenever you return to Feedly, there will be a link in the left column with the latest news based on your search.