Meducation

Meducation
Type of site
 Educational social network
Slogan(s) The Medical Education Network
Website www.meducation.net
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional, but required to contribute.
Users 86,000 [1]
Current status Online

Meducation is an online social networking service and educational website for medical students and doctors.

Meducation was created by Alastair Buick and Jeremy Walker in 2008.[2] In 2009 Meducation was awarded the Aungshuk Ghosh prize for innovative technology.[3] During 2013 Meducation raised US$1M of seed-round of funding, including significant funding from the UK's Technology Strategy Board.[4] At the time, the site was used by 30,000 medics including 33% of UK medical students.[5]

During 2015, the site refocussed its value proposition to "[evolve] into a curration and collation platform".[6] As a result many 'social network' features such as in-site messaging, friend requests, and groups were removed and the user interface re-focussed. As of October 2015, the site reported having 86,000 users.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Meducation -- Share our story" Meducation, press pages, Retrieved on 15 October 2015
  2. ↑ Yarrow Jenkins et al (2012) "First Wales Medical Undergraduate Conference", Cambridge Medicine Journal
  3. ↑ "The Aungshuk Ghosh Prize 2013" Bristol University, Retrieved on 2 August 2013
  4. ↑ "Medical Education Network Meducation Raises $1M Seed Round" TechCrunch, Retrieved on 19 March 2014.
  5. ↑ http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140202131210/http://siliconcanal.co.uk/meducation-seeks-a-seed-round/ "Meducation seeks a SEED round"] Silicon Canal, Archived 2 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Meducation -- A note from the CEO" Meducation, About us page, Retrieved on 15 October 2015
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