I still can’t believe it! THIS BLOG won People’s Choice Award in the Health & Fitness Category of the Philippine Blogging Awards. My post on Why Does Self-Diagnosis Annoy Doctors? won Blog Post of the Year.
As a resident training in internal medicine, I spent ten months in the front lines of the Philippine General Hospital emergency room. Nothing much shocks me anymore. [This, from someone who fainted at the very same ER after seeing blood spurting from a cut eyebrow. I was a medical student then.] I win rarely at raffles. And always it’s a minor prize. BUT THIS!! This deserves the dance of joy!
I got an email from #Bloggys2015 saying I had won a “special award” in my category. My presence was requested at the gala night. Weeks back, even before I got this notice, I had already requested for tickets to attend the awards night. I thought it might be a good opportunity to see what was happening in the Philippine blogosphere.
I had another special reason to attend the gala night – www.healthxph.net was a finalist in the Health & Fitness Category!
My husband accompanied me. I felt like a fish out of water. We sat down together somewhere in the middle rows. I watched as nominees of different categories were called and awards given out. It was like watching a graduation! After I walked up the stage to represent #HealthXPH and this blog; and my husband got the requisite pictures 🙂 I decided to go home to join the #HealthXPH tweet chat happening at 9 pm. We needed to go home as well because our kids were with my parents.
The email said a special award in your category. So when I got the People’s Choice award, I thought that was it.
I was shocked to see Remo’s tweet in the middle of the #HealthXPH tweet chat, that I had won another award!
@endocrine_witch another win! Best posts! #HealthXPh https://t.co/cOcWTQdze1
— Remo Aguilar (@bonedoc) November 21, 2015
I reviewed the feed and there it was! And I had already gone home!!
#Bloggys2015: Blog Post of the Year https://t.co/5Ok9SQ3S3Y (for its post on why self-diagnosis annoys doctors) pic.twitter.com/m3xvQ4LtfC — JM Nualla (@jmnualla) November 21, 2015
Best Blog Post — from @endocrine_witch#Bloggys2015
— Norman Agatep (@normanagatep) November 21, 2015
When I went up the stage for the Health and Fitness Category, I was beside Dr. Stef dela Cruz. When she spoke about blogging at the First Social Media & Healthcare Summit organized by #HealthXPH last February, she mentioned vanity metrics. Since then, it has guided me in the work I do on social media and inspired me to search for outcomes beyond likes and shares. Congratulations Stef for being a finalist too in the health & fitness category!
Thanks to the organizers and judges of #Bloggys2015! I am deeply grateful for the awards I received. I remain fascinated by the intersection of social media and healthcare and will continue to do work in this space.