I make the case for Medical Twitter Awards below and answer a question by Nick Genes, the founder of Grand Rounds and a Medgadget editor.
It is all posted on Twitter (of course) in a reverse chronological order. Please start reading from the bottom to the top in order to make sense of the post:
 | AllergyNotes Twitter is not that different from blogging anyway (micro-blog vs blog) - just shorter, easier and more personal. | |
| AllergyNotes @blogborygmi "should Twitter awards be a series of tweets" - Hosting on a blog is fine and probably should be part of the blog award process |
| AllergyNotes @blogborygmi ""should Twitter awards be a series of tweets" - FriendFeed interface looks better but you don't host Twitter Awards on FF :) | |
| AllergyNotes @blogborygmi "should the Twitter awards be a series of tweets" -Twitter structure is not suitable for that, although #MedTwitter can be used | |
| AllergyNotes Now back to the original idea -- let's start Medical Twitter Awards 2008 or 2009. |
 | blogborygmi @AllergyNotes Medgadget's blog awards is hosted by a blog... should the Twitter awards be a series of tweets? | |
| AllergyNotes I don't expect to win in any of the categories, competing with WSJ, NYU Dept of Med, and Harvard CIO, but I'm honored to be on the list :) | |
| AllergyNotes By the way, thank you for nominating CasesBlog and selecting it as finalist in 3 categories. Never expected that: http://tinyurl.com/9nt9hp | |
| AllergyNotes Twitter medical awards are a natural extension of the medical blog awards here: http://tinyurl.com/9nt9hp | |
| AllergyNotes Medgadget is doing a good job ensuring the integrity of the award process and probably should be the ones involved in the Twitter awards. | |
| AllergyNotes Medgadget's focus on blogs is fine but they are missing a huge part of the picture if they don't include Twitter in the future editions. |
| AllergyNotes Twitter is easy. Many doctors/students/nurses, etc. don't have time, desire or discipline to blog but are happy micro-bloggers on Twitter. | |
| AllergyNotes Medical tweets have rapidly become even more established than bloggers. Blogs are tough to maintain, require time and are prone to "dying" | |
| AllergyNotes Medgadget Annual Medical Weblog Awards is an excellent initiative, now we need the same for Twitter. |
References:
The 2008 Medical Weblog Awards Finalists. Medgadget.
The Best Medical Blogs of 2005 on Medgadget.com
2006 Medical Weblog Awards: Polls Are Open
Nominate Best Medical Blogs of 2006
2007 Medical Weblog Awards: Polls Are Open
Image sources: Medgadget and Twitter.
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