MyElectiveBlog.com

MyElectiveBlog.com is aimed at medics all over the country that are about to embark on their medical elective.

What is it?

Once registered, you get your own blog on the site which is easy to update and even has a mobile phone app! It’s designed for simplicity and ease of use whilst abroad, with an eye-catching design.

Why should you blog?

Here are a few reasons why we created the site:

1. Creating a blog is a great way to record memories and thoughts and the mobile apps allows you to do this instantly. You can even upload photos or videos directly to your blog from your iPhone / Android Phone / Windows Phone / Blackberry / Nokia!
2. By giving your unique website address (myelectiveblog.com/yourname) to friends and family, they can be kept in the loop with your plans and activities – which means you can keep in touch with loved ones even when international phone calls can be expensive
3. See what your friends are up to – the site features a Latest Posts section where you can read other student’s blog posts
4. Writing down your thoughts is an excellent way to reflect on your achievements whilst abroad and helps you to realise where you can make better use of time and write about the things you’re proud of
5. Eventually we will all need to produce Elective Posters, and having all your activities and experiences located in one conveinient place means you can easily recall your thoughts once you’re back
6. By documenting with evidence, all of your clinical and non-clinical exposure, your blog will be a great resource when filling out future application forms which will ask you to provide specific examples and experiences
7. Once you’re back from your elective, the site offers an application which publishes your entire blog into a printable book – so you can keep a hardcopy as part of your portfolio!

Of course, sometimes you don’t want to share your thoughts with the whole world, so you can also choose to hide your blog from the search engines and even make specific posts “private” so only you can see them

On the other hand, you may want to share your posts with friends on Facebook or Twitter – and so you can also connect your blog to either of these great services and all your posts will automatically be posted/tweeted to your wall!

There are many other great features to help make your blog unique like customizable backgrounds and widgets – so please feel free to go over to http://myelectiveblog.com – have a browse of the blogs already started and register for your own account using the Register link at the top of the site.

We hope you enjoy using MyElectiveBlog.com and find it a useful resource!