Medical Education on Internet 2 Issues for International

Medical Education on Internet 2: Issues for International Projects Parvati Dev, Ph. D Director, SUMMIT Stanford University School of Medicine Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

Projects • Australia – CSIRO – Real time transmission of live surgery video for resident (house staff) training • Latin America – Global Development Learning Network (GDLN): – Knowledge Management and Capacity building • India – Med. Net Project – Medical education and Capacity building Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

Remote training through video transmission of surgery event Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

World Bank GDLN Capacity Building • Multisite videoconferences with Latin America • Two goals: – Present state-of-the-art medical education through GDLN’s network (IP and ISDN) – Develop a joint project in medical education Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

The Med. Net Project: India Research Education and training Health care Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev Public health

Initiate the network with high quality content Model 1: -branded content -Licensed to private colleges -Raises education quality -Needs investor Education and training Model 2: -branded content -Licensed to government -Raises education quality -Needs government purchase Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

Sustainability through services Content: -Licenses support maintenance Education services: -Enhanced content -Certification Education and training Other services: -Extra bandwidth licensed for related health services Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

Questions Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

Fast track projects • Surgery training and virtual anatomy – Sakti, Parvati, Saroj Mishra • Telemedicine, teleconsults – Bedi, Saroj M, S Sood • HIV/AIDS video courses – G Sastry, M Phadke, R Bollinger • Public Health monitoring – Raj Shah, NK Ganguly • Curriculum development – C-DAC, Sakti, Parvati Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev

Train the Trainer, and Teleconsults - raise and extend the floor • BJ Medical College and Johns Hopkins video course – Extend within Maharashtra – Extend to UP (SGPGI’s network), Delhi and Chandigarh • SGPGI, AIIMS and PGI Chandigarh video courses – Already doing teaching with sites in Orissa, Jharkand others – Is anyone listening? Efficacy study needed. • ISRO telemedicine sites – Efficacy study needed. • Private telemedicine – Apollo, others Internet 2 Member Meeting • April 2006 • Parvati Dev