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Webicina

Webicina is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Webicina rather than just read about it. In short: Webicina is a web-based company founded in 2008 by Bertalan Meskó. Based in Budapest, Hungary, Webicina curates the medical resources of social media either for medical professionals and e-patients.

Key takeaways

Webicina belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Webicina to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Webicina from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Webicina is a web-based company founded in 2008 by Bertalan Meskó. Based in Budapest, Hungary, Webicina curates the medical resources of social media either for medical professionals and e-patients. Webicina has been acknowledged by international bodies such as the World Health Organization and Al Jazeera as providing the latest medical news and articles in one personalized place in 19 languages. Webicina launched the world's first free online course, The Social MEDia Course, focusing on social media and medicine with 16 prezis, tests and badges.

Awards and Prizes Webicina's mobile application won the Most Innovative App Award in 2011. Additionally, the company won a prize at the Social Innovation Tournament organized by the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg on 29 November 2012.

Notes

External links Webicina.com PeRSSonalized Medicine

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Webicina

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Webicina claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Webicina before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Webicina ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Webicina

In research: Webicina appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Webicina in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Webicina is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Health websites, Internet properties established in 2008, Medical websites, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Webicina outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Webicina in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Webicina means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Webicina out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Webicina in simple terms?

Webicina is a web-based company founded in 2008 by Bertalan Meskó. Based in Budapest, Hungary, Webicina curates the medical resources of social media either for medical professionals and e-patients.

Why does Webicina matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Webicina?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Webicina.