The Diabetes Online Community (DOC)

The Diabetes Online Community (DOC) has a large presence on the internet - one of the largest chronic disease communities online. This community provides a place for people with diabetes to communicate with others that understand the mental, physical and emotional side of diabetes and how to embrace it and spread diabetes awareness.

Every Wednesday evening at 9pm EST, there is a moderated hour-long Twitter chat (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy or #DSMA) dedicated to diabetes themed discussions. Varied members of the diabetes online community come together to share their thoughts and opinions on issues important to them. Topics have included: juggling diabetes at work or school, online privacy, regulatory agencies, advocating for diabetes, and many more. The conversation is taken a step further on Thursdays via a live interview known as DSMA Live. Each week, Cherise Shockley along with co-hosts George Simmons and Scott Johnson, speak about the current week’s topic with a different guest every week.  People participate by calling in or chatting on the message board. You can continue the conversation from twitter by joining Cherise, George and Scott every Thursday, 9 PM EST on DSMA Live (blog talk radio).

I am honored to be part of the conversation this week on #dsma and #dsamlive discussing the meshing of the awesome diabetes online community (DOC) and mobile health with the EndoGoddess app. Tune in and be a part of the conversation too! You can link directly here: http://dsmalive.com/2011/09/06/dsma-live-with-dr-jen-dyer-md-mph-on-982011/