Definition

Social Networking sites allow you to set up a personal website where you can invite friends to share information, plan activities, and generally network.

Examples

Facebook
The most famous example is slightly more secure than MySpace
Ning
A site where you can set up a group just for your friends/colleagues
EveryDoc
Physicians, nurses, and PAs can engage in dynamic, network-specific dialogues in medicine and use a variety of tools to help improve health-care around the world.

Useful For

Students

• keeping in touch with classmates

• connecting to medical students worldwide

Faculty

• keeping in touch with students in remote locations
  

Colleagues at other universities

• keeping in touch with people you meet at conferences
  
• sharing resources