OurMed
Hi! My name is Marilena Tsangaroulis and I'm on the Volunteer Committee of an online healthcare movement called "OurMed".

At OurMed, we're committed to creating an interactive health site that uses a global, collaborative tool like with Wikipedia but goes an important step furtherwe verify all content by healthcare professionals like yourself.

We launched the Wikipedia version last year (OurMed's Site) , and this year we’re adding a host of important features that will make Ourmed an extensive site for unbiased and user driven clinical research/tools for physicians as well as user friendly resources for patients and consumers. You can have a peek at our new design here: (Our New Site in Development)

Although we have a section on editorials in the new site, the new one will emphasize non-commercial, unbiased informationall entirely free. The organization is governed by a non-profit Board made up of Healthcare professionals, the former head of Wikipedia, Florence Devouard, former accountant of Wikipedia Oleta McHenry and other professionals.

Here's a short video of our plans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjAqbMl1dVk

Please let me know if you'd like to learn morewe're quite excited but could use your assistance in nudging this project forward.

Thank you,
 Marilena Tsangaroulis
marilena@ourmed.org
Volunteer
OurMed.Org

OurMed is an independent 501(c3)
non-profit organization located at:
The Audubon Business and Technology Center
Lasker Biomedical Research Building
3960 Broadway - Suite 301
New York, NY 10032
p: (212) 740-1850
c (917) 627-7155
f (267) 295-9949

Position description for Medical Writer/Reviewer
Qualifications

- Expertise in the field of medicine and/or health care advocacy (e.g., MD, DO, DC, DPM, RN, ND, medical researchers, etc.). - Strong writing and editorial skills. - Ability to work productively from primarily remote access. -Interest in contributing to OurMed's mission and a desire to create high quality, commercial-free health information. - Must be a team player interested in collaborating with other medical professionals to create an outstanding base of medical knowledge unlike any other.
Responsibilities

- Review articles from a scientific perspective, ensuring accuracy by checking references when your medical knowledge is not sufficient - Create original articles and/or make major and minor edits to existing articles in your field of interest. - Encourage fellow writers through use of discussion boards - Attend at least one 30-minute OurMed Community Conference call per month. - Participate in a one-time, one-hour tutorial on OurMed’s mission and history, which includes the aforementioned information, as well as how to post

When volunteers are inspired by a clearly defined mission with obtainable objectives, we will honor the first 100 “OurMed Pioneers” as the "Founding Framers" with acknowledgment on the website in perpetuity.