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PACID $12.00
General Information
As of August 18, 2006, the Podcasts are accredited for type 1 CME. Yes. Free CME. After you listen to the podcast, take the quiz and you will get CME. Thanks to Legacy Health Systems.
These podcasts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
I am aiming for breadth over depth, cheap shots over seriousness. I want to get to the point of the article and put it in perspective. Details are for those that understand statistics. That ain't me. I took statistics and dropped it every year for four years as an undergraduate. They are aimed at anyone who is takes care of patients; you do not need to be an ID doc. I have in my mind a target audience of a slightly bored and tired second year medicine resident. I will admit an affinity to articles that apply to inpatient medicine (as that is what I do).
The Program References are the articles I reviewed for the podcast (for those who do not trust me and want to verify what I said. Yeah, right. Like anyone reads the original literature anymore).
The August 2005 and July 2005 podcasts were a month's review. I realized all too quickly that there is just too much information for a monthly review, so I will endeavor to do a podcast whenever the collected literature warrants and my free time allows: probably every week or three. For the sake of generation X, I will endeavor keep the entire podcast to less than 30 minutes, the length of a Friends show. As of 11/07/05 they are encoded at 32 kbbs, which should sound like a 'good' am radio and keep the download size manageable.
How to Use Podcasts
Here is the skinny on the Persiflagers Infectious Disease podcasts. I operate under the assumption that the world needs more of me. So I review the ID literature so you do not have to. I then summarize it, with commentary, as a podcast/mp3 file.
For them what do not know what a podcast is, it is just an mp3/m4a file. They are playable on any mp3 player. iTunes for Mac and Windows is a good way to listen to mp3's on your computer, and, of course, your iPod or any other mp3 player. I presume anyone smart enough to use Linux also knows which mp3 player they want to use.
And remember, mp3's can be converted to aac files that can be burned to CD and then played on a CD player, a function in iTunes.
As of Jan 19th I converted to enhanced podcasts.
There are two kinds of podcasts.
a) regular (mp3). Sound only. These can be played on any mp3 player.
b) enhanced (m4a). These are best played on iTunes® or Quicktime® or an iPod®. Look at the album art window in iTunes you will see the name of the section you are listening to and the references. If you are connected to the internet and you click on the link, you will be taken to the reference in your browser. Cool, huh? If you have a video iPod you can see the links on the screen.
If you are using Windows 95, Jesus. If there is a demand, for those not yet in the 21st century, I can release a version on parchment, transcribed by monks, complete with marginal illustrations.
I use a Mac. Always have.
There is a free Mac audio file converter to change m4a to mp3 or other audio file formats: Max. It is slow but works. There seems to be something hinky about the way iTunes converts m4a to mp3, at least on my machine. If you have a suggested link for a Windows or Linux equivalent, let me know. If you have Windows or Linux issues with these files, e-mail me and I will try to help.
The RSS feeds give summary information and updates on sites. Some browsers can also function as RSS Aggregators, such as Safari and Opera. There is one RSS Aggregator (Mac) I have tried: NetNewsWire Lite. I am sure there are TNTC RSS aggregators for Windows.
Downloading files manually and listening to mp3
Click on the link (for example Download podcast (enhanced podcast, 10.2 mb, 42 minutes)) You may, depending on your set up and browser, have to right click and choose some variation of "save link.." or "download file.." Then copy the file into the mp3 player of your choice and listen to my dulcet tones bouncing on your tympanic membrane.
Using iTunes®
If you open the Advanced / Subscribe to Podcast menu and past in "www.pusware.com/persiflagers.rss" without the quotes it will work in iTunes.
Or click here
Or search iTunes podcasts using "Crislip" and use the subscribe button.
Using other podcast aggregators
There are also podcast aggregators and sites devoted to podcasting. These will allow you to subscribe and automatically update new podcasts. At the bottom of this page is a series of links to podcast aggregators.
For them that don't use iTunes® (Linux etc), might I suggest Juice (free for all platforms) as an excellent program for downloading and maintaining podcasts as well as this site for a comprehensive list of podcast aggregators: http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html.
When using a non iTunes podcast aggregators, use the following url:
http://www.pusware.com/mp3persiflagers.rss
This will link you to the mp3 files. You can also use the iTunes url above.
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