Tuesday, March 31, 2009

[WiRED-ITN] Team Updates!

WiRED International Telemedicine Network (ITN)

Objective: To provide online Continuous Medical Education to Doctors in developing countries (Kenya and Uganda to be studied in this project)

Updates: ITN team seeks to provide CME to doctors in developing countries. They have past experiences doing so in Iraq and are studying how to provide related services in Africa. The scope of the project involves understanding models of online CME that exist already as well as understanding the target consumers better.

Expected Deliverables:

· Report on current trends in CME utilization in Kenya
· Sample CME module

Team Members: Veronica Ades, Francis Kiweewa, Beatrice Kariuki (Team Leader), Neel Butala (FAS), Adriana Benedict (FAS)
Mentors: Gary Selnow (WiRED), Chris Spirito (Mitre), Chris Dippel (HST939), Paul Heinzelmann (Center for Connected Health), Heather Bellow (Center for Connected Health)

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