INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL E-HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
AND
TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM OF KOSOVA
PRESENT
VIRTUAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM SERIES
INTERIM REPORT ON PROJECT
IMPROVING HEALTH CARE IN THE BALKANS USING TELEMEDICINE, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE AS A PLATFORM
October 20, 2008
Rifat Latifi, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery,
The University of Arizona
Project Director, President
International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SERIES
As of October 20, 2008, the International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation is starting weekly interactive multidisciplinary lectures that will be given to the Telemedicine Center of Kosova as part of the project: “Improving Health Care in the Balkans using Telemedicine, Advanced Technologies and Cultural Exchange as a Platform” supported by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Exchange, Washington D.C. These lectures will include multimedia-oriented, multidisciplinary programs prepared and designed specifically for this purpose. Each Monday at 16:00 in the TCK auditorium, lectures will be given live or stored and forwarded from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Lectures will be streamed live through the Telemedicine Program of Kosova network to regional hospital remote audiences which will aid in an online interactive classroom experience. When appropriate for the program, a guest speaker will be recruited from another academic institution and the lecture will be given from their home site. Each lecture will be evaluated at the end by viewing participants.
This evaluation form will be collected by the site coordinator in Prishtina, who will also record attendance and other scheduling details. These lectures will be stored on the web site, and participants will be able to view them at a later time.
Web-Based Store and Forward Lectures
During the national holydays in
Kosova, lectures will be placed on the interactive web site and will be
available for viewing at a later time. These lectures with voice and video aided
by PowerPoint presentations will be placed on the web site, and all participants
will be required to view them. An electronic sign-in will be required, and each
lecture will be followed by 5-10 minutes of questions.
Academic Program
The IVeH has assembled a superb group of experts in telemedicine, e-health,
electronic library and trauma and critical care from around the world to
participate as faculty on this international virtual educational program series.
Each lecture will have to be reviewed during the next five working days at least
once, but it will be possible to view and listen to them as many times as the
participants wish. For these lectures, a web-based evaluation form will be
created and filled out at the end of each session. These lectures are dedicated
to all health care providers, including practicing physicians, nurses, medical
students, and administrators as well as anyone else interested in telemedicine,
e-health, trauma surgery, emergency, and critical care.
Language
The entire program is in the English language.
Media
If you are a member of the media and would like to cover the program, please contact Dr. Ismet Lecaj, Coordinator at ismet.lecaj@telemedks.org.
Schedule:
October 20, 2008:
Interim Report On Project Improving Health
Care In The Balkans Using Telemedicine, Advanced Technologies And Cultural
Exchange As A Platform
Speaker:
Rifat Latifi, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of
Surgery, The University of Arizona
Project Director, President, International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation
October 27, 2008
Current Principles And Practices Of Resuscitation Of Trauma
Patients
Speaker: Rifat Latifi,
M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
November 3, 2008
Integrating Trauma System And
Acute Care Surgery: New Way Of Practicing Trauma Surgery- The American College
Of Surgeons Current Position.
Speaker: Rifat Latifi, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, The University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona
November 10, 2008
Principles and Practices of Damage Control Surgery: More than just trauma surgery
Speaker: Rifat Latifi,
M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
November 17, 2008
Management of Abdominal Vascular Injuries
Speaker: Rifat Latifi,
M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
November 24, 2008
TBA