title: Anesthesia 2.0: internet-based information resources and Web 2.0 applications in anesthesia education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Informatics is a broad field encompassing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, information science, and social science. The goal of this review is to illustrate how Web 2.0 information technologies could be used to improve anesthesia education.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Educators in all specialties of medicine are increasingly studying Web 2.0 technologies to maximize postgraduate medical education of housestaff. These technologies include microblogging, blogs, really simple syndication (RSS) feeds, podcasts, wikis, and social bookmarking and networking. 'Anesthesia 2.0' reflects our expectation that these technologies will foster innovation and interactivity in anesthesia-related web resources which embraces the principles of openness, sharing, and interconnectedness that represent the Web 2.0 movement. Although several recent studies have shown benefits of implementing these systems into medical education, much more investigation is needed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although direct practice and observation in the operating room are essential, Web 2.0 technologies hold great promise to innovate anesthesia education and clinical practice such that the resident learner need not be in a classroom for a didactic talk, or even in the operating room to see how an arterial line is properly placed. Thoughtful research to maximize implementation of these technologies should be a priority for development by academic anesthesiology departments. Web 2.0 and advanced informatics resources will be part of physician lifelong learning and clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. lchu@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Larry F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Chelsea
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Abby
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: Viji
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kurup
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macario
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D057218:Blogging; D003146:Communications Media; D003198:Computer Simulation; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D012984:Software