Urology 2.0

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Introduction

See also Health 2.0 | Medicine 2.0 | Nursing 2.0 | Pathology 2.0 | Psychiatry 2.0 | Web 2.0

..."a large and rapidly growing volume of medical information can be found on the web. In the field of urology, the Internet offers the ability to: (i) read and send worldwide electronic mail; (ii) join mail list and discussion groups; (iii) visit hospitals and universities; (iv) read online journals, textbooks (including graphs, photographs, video samples, etc.) and database (such as Medline) on urology; (v) consult professional and commercial organizations, and (vi) obtain information about postgraduate courses, symposia, research and job opportunities..." (Bid, 2005)

The above quote from 2005 needs to be recontextualized for the web 2.0 era. This entry is a look at the use of social media in the field of urology, hence the appellation Urology 2.0.