Perhaps I really don't belong here...

I have been working diligently on my course work with minimal successes. While I was awaiting some online help, I decided to explore some of the sites I have joined. It was my PT ning. I have never had any responses to my post there and therefore decided to explore the ning further to see if I was using it incorrectly. What I find is that PT's in general do not seem to be in the 21st century. When I explored, I found at least 50 job opportunities but very little in the realm of professional sharing and absolutely nothing regarding Pediatric PT. I am jealous of all the educators who are involved in this course an can at least feel as if all of the readings and work apply to their professional work. I feel as if my professional work by nature remains in the 20th century. There are certainly some low tech technology that can be utilized in my practice, for example the wii or, if I had the equipment, some computerized exercise equipment (not something I could imagine ever happening). I am disappointed in the sites I have found thus far for PT professional sharing but will continue to search. My current searches have left me pondering if, by natue, PT is meant to stay in the 20th century. Hands on skills and palpation are integral to practice and are difficult to convey in a digital manner. Perhaps I am ahead of my peers by trying to embrace this digital sharing. After reading this weeks reading on citing resources, copyrighting, etc. and some of the implicit rights of educators for using materials, I wonder if it is the opposite for a PT. When I have a challenging situation with a student and am looking for my professional community to support me, I encounter other issues of privacy and hippa rights. If I were seeing a child with a low frequency issue/diagnosis and were to seek advice from my online professional community, I would be fearful of the transparency of my request and that it may be viewed, despite having a lack of specific identifying information, as a breech of confidentiality. I can think back to students I have had with rare diagnoses, such as progeria, werdnig-hoffman disease, Ehler-Danlos syndrome or a specific form of brain tumor. Could my digital footprint be too public for me to effectively utilize my peers in this way? Currently, when faced with this type of challenge, I use Bell's technology and phone my peers to create my professional advice network. It is hard to imagine feeling comfortable regarding being invisible and private and gathering more peers to do this in a digital format. Having hunted today, I am wondering if my medical peers feel the same way.