EBCT - Technology Assessment Research Proposal -

Digital Divide    What is digital divide? What is the impact on the society? What is Supercourse effort? Digital Divide  The gap in:   Information communication technology The Internet use Income Age Gender Ethnicity Language Geography Family, company size  The gap between various:        Digital Divide  (%) 30 Interent users  Less than 5% of world population 23,5 % world population % internet users 26,3 25 20 15 10 5 0 4,7 0,04 USA South Asia Source: UN Human Development Report, 1999 Digital Divide  Among developed countries 0 20 40 60 55 54 51 38,5 27 PC penetration Netherland 99' Australia 00' US 00' Japan 00' % of people having a PC Source: OECD, Digital Divide 2001 France 00' Digital Divide  Among developed countries 0 20 40 60 50,1 41,5 38 19,1 12,1 Internet access Denmark 00' US 00' Norway 99' Japan 00' France 00' % of Internet users Source: OECD, Digital Divide 2001 Widening Digital Divide  1994 vs. 1997 in USA 50 40 30 21.5% gap 16.8% gap US White US Black Source: Burstin, Health Affairs 2000 20 10 0 % of Internet users 1994 1997 Digital Divide  Result:  Less access  Lack of information  Impact Business  Science  Education   Slowing down of the society Crossing Digital Divide  Alternative Internet access: Cable, Satellite  TV  Mobile phone  Crossing Digital Divide  Mobile internet training unit Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide  Supercourse lectures Readable with lower version of web browsers  Small size   200-300kb per lecture Mirroring  CD-ROM  Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide  Mirror sites: 32  Simply “a copy of Supercourse site”  Mirror update in December!! Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide  CD-Rom:  Sent to 4000 faculty in 105 countries  CD-Rom update in December!! Quality Control  Filtering system    Development level Manufacturing level Utilization level  Quality assurance system  Online review  Statistical quality control Utilization  Classroom teaching:  Faculty  School of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Veterinary, Public Health    Course reference / reading material Customized lecturing  Modification, tailoring Web-based or CD-Rom Utilization  Professional training:  Local health departments (US) Training material  Self-learning material  Resource for program development  Utilization  e-Handbook:  Medical students  Quick manual for “Epidemiology”  Web-based or CD-Rom Supercourse development  Rehabilitation Supercourse (29)  http://www.shrs.upmc.edu/supercourse/index.htm http://www.commed.hku.hk/super.course/index.htm http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/cdcfront.htm  Behavioral Sciences Supercourse (16)   CDC Prevention Lecture Series (30)  Supercourse development  Jikei University Medical School   Clinical Epidemiology course Evaluation trial  http://www.jikei.ac.jp  University of Occupational & Environmental Health  Post graduate education  Global Health Disaster Network  http://envepi.med.uoehu.ac.jp/supercourse/index.htm Supercourse development  Hokkaido University  Health, Environment, and Sustainable Health Supercourse  http://www.med.hokudai.ac.jp/~seniorw/supercourses.html  Dokkyo University  Global Pathology Supercourse  http://www.dokkyomed.ac.jp/dep-k/clipath/WASP-Glo.html  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programs Future plans    CD distribution Mirroring Satellite-based distribution  Egypt      IMIA WG9, WG1 collaboration Connecting BMJ, Lancet and Supercourse Citation system Customization system Evaluation model Further collaboration        Lecture sharing CD distribution Mirroring Supercourse development in other area Collaborative research Lecture translation Business model development How to join?  Supercourse website:  http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assi st/join.htm  Email contact: EunRyoung Sa eunsa@pitt.edu  Akira Sekikawa akira@pitt.edu  Ron LaPorte ronlaporte@aol.com  GHNet-Supercourse Working Group           Ronald E. LaPorte Akira Sekikawa EunRyoung Sa Fan Zhou Faina Linkov Mita Lovalekar Beatriz Rico Verdin Eugene Shubnikov Deborah Aaron Thomas Songer Ron Akira EunRyoung Faina Mita Eugene Deb Beatriz Fan Tom

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