Earn points on the website to qualify for free journal subscriptions

Thanks to the generosity of our partners, the MCHIRN has teamed up with several medical journals around the world to help stimulate interaction and activity on the Mother-Child website.

The journals available as prizes at present are:

How can you earn these journal subscriptions? Simple - you just need to use the website by posting content and commenting on other people's entries. You'll earn rewards - called 'M-C points' - every time you contribute to the website. At the end date of the contest - May 31st - we will tabulate all the points, announce the winners, and register you for a one-year subscription to the journal of your choice.

You can earn M-C points simply by continuing to use the website as you normally would - you don't need to do anything different. Here are some examples of things you can do on the website, and the amount of points you earn from them:

  • Post a forum topic: 15 points
  • Comment on a forum topic, blog entry or other topic: 10 points
  • Uploading an image: 10 points
  • Posting an audio file: 50 points
  • Posting a new blog entry: 25 point
  • Submitting an event: 15 points
  • Inviting a friend to the website: 5 points - and 40 (!) bonus points when that user registers!

For help and advice on how to do any of the above, check out our revamped "How-to" section by clicking here. If you need more help, don't hesitate to contact us. We'll walk you through the steps to post a blog entry, forum event or even an audio podcast! You'll also get some ideas for the kind of content and articles that we're looking for, as well as privacy information about how we protect your data.

You can always see your points on your Account page by clicking on "MyAccount" in your user menu, and you can also view a listing "wall" with the highest scoring users on it by clicking on "Users by points" in your user menu when logged in.