Webicina.com launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them were invited with grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others) to win. A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered.

Now all the fantastic stories presented through Prezi, slideshow, video, Twitter, Facebook and blogs are in and the members of the jury, Lucien Engelen, e-Patient Dave deBronkart, Denise Silber, Kerri Morrone Sparling, Dr Mike Cadogan, and Dr. Ves Dimov made their decision. Here is the final list of winners!


Congratulations to everyone who submitted their stories which will be featured on Webicina one by one as each story must get its attention, each one represents real and clear values of using social media in medicine and healthcare.

The Winners!

1) The winner is Katherine Leon from the US with her story The “Tap Code” of Social Media in which she shared how she managed to cope with postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection by joining Inspire.com's related community. She won a brand new, Lenovo® Multi-Touch m90z ThinkCentre, an all-in-one powerful computer with a 23” full HD monitor. An excerpt from her fantastic and inspiring story:

While forging relationships on the community, I wasn’t aware of the term “social media.” I would talk with my husband about “my SCAD friends” or “my online friends with SCAD.” They were just as real and important as any “in-person” friend in my life. Even today, our taps on the cell wall usually don’t translate to our families or social circles. But in the world of social media, we truly communicate and gain understanding of our fears, confusion and struggles.

2) The silver medal goes to Susan McKinnon from Australia who told her story about Transient Global Amnesia and Social Media on Youtube. A really moving story illustrated with many pictures. She won an amazingly thin and light iPad 2.




3) The third place belongs to Sarah Ezekiel from the UK who discussed her diagnosis of motor neurone disease and her journey through social media. She won an Amazon Kindle Fire, the newest model of the world's bestselling e-reader. An excerpt from the story:

There are great MND communities on both twitter and facebook. We share research news which gives hope and keeps us upbeat and positive. Without social media, everyone would sit in isolation and feel hopeless. I actually find tweeting very cathartic and can voice frustrations as well as share good moments. I've made connections with wonderful people all over the world. Some have helped me to fundraise or raise the profile of MND. Life with a terminal illness is a veritable rollercoaster but social media has made everything much easier and more enjoyable for me.

Special Prize goes to Dr. Tamás Horváth from hungary who can present his story at the upcoming Doctors 2.0 and You conference! He described how he built the online presence for his medical practice through a Prezi slideshow.


Everyone who submitted their entries receive a Webicina T-shirt (either an e-patient or a web-savvy physician format).



We hope you enjoyed this contest and based on the success of it, I'm pretty sure Webicina will launch similar competitions soon.

Until then, please keep on using social media for good reasons and let's prove that social media can facilitate the developments of medicine and healthcare. And the best way to demonstrate this is sharing your own story!

Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more.

Well, now all the stories are in (fantastic stories presenting through Prezi, slideshow, video, Twitter, Facebook and blogs) and the jury will make a decision and we will publish the list of winners on the 12th of December!

After that, of course we will mention each story one by one!

Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more. It's simple:

1. You write your story on any social media platform
2. You send it to info@webicina.com
3. The list of winners is published on the 12th of December!

More and more stories are being submitted, even people are submitting other people’s stories which is really remarkable! But only 1 day left before the deadline, so don't forget to submit YOUR story! The deadline is Wednesday midnight EST.

We are looking forward to reading, hearing or watching your story.

Details here. 

Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more.

More and more stories are being submitted, even people are submitting other people’s stories which is really remarkable! But only 1 week left before the deadline, so don't forget to submit YOUR story!

We are looking forward to reading, hearing or watching your story.

Details here. 

Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more.

Several stories have been submitted, but we just recognized a new trend: people are submitting other people's stories which is really remarkable! So we decided to accept stories that are submitted by others as well. Of course, the stories will compete for the prizes, not the submitters.

Share your story and win! We are looking forward to reading, hearing or watching your story.