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Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
"The magic of the electronic village is transforming health information. The mouse and keyboard have extended the stethoscope to the 500 million people now online." - Dr. Edward Creagan
The power of the medium inspires Dr. Edward Creagan as he searches for ways to share Mayo Clinic's vast resources with the general public.
Dr. Creagan, a Newark, N.J., native, is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hospice medicine and palliative care. He has been with Mayo Clinic since 1973 and in 1999 was president of the staff of Mayo Clinic. Dr. Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, was honored in 1995 with the John and Roma Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine Award and in 1992 with the Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award, Mayo's highest recognition. He has been recognized with the American Cancer Society Professorship of Clinical Oncology.
He describes his areas of special interest as "wellness as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual-financial model" and fitness, mind-body connection, aging and burnout.
Dr. Creagan has been an associate medical editor with Mayo Clinic's Web sites and has edited publications and CD-ROMs and reviewed articles.
"We the team of (the Web site) provide reliable, easy-to-understand health and wellness information so that each of us can have productive, meaningful lives," he says.
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Jan. 6, 2009
Share what you learn with others
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Dear friends, colleagues, and fellow travelers:
Let me take this opportunity from all of us to wish each of you and your loved ones a New Year filled with peace, health, prosperity, and serenity.
In revisiting some of your insightful comments concerning the end result from workshops, seminars, and related activities, I certainly agree that many of these programs are interesting and provocative, but within a few days or weeks at the most, most of us are hard pressed to remember any tangible, practical, useful information.
My thinking on this issue, and perhaps I am wrong, goes something like this: A famous American poet made the comment that time is the only currency that we have. We must use it wisely, otherwise it is completely wasted. If I sit through a multi-day session and do not use the information shared with me in a practical way, I have essentially wasted my time, which is irretrievable, and obviously money and resources. That just does not seem right.
Therefore, when I do attend a workshop, my focus is specific. How will I practically use the information; what is the timetable for me to employ what I have learned; and how can I share this information with others?
For example, several months ago I attended a workshop on effective presentation skills. It was powerful and motivating. One of my reasons for taking the program was to bring this information back to our medical students so that they could learn to avoid the many pitfalls from the podium and become more effective speakers.
In other words, the "hook" was for me to share what I have learned with others and not simply keep it to myself.
Can any of you relate to this phenomenon? It sure seems to me that if we have a gift and do not share it, in some way that is not the right thing to do. And sharing is a way you can relieve stress.
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