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Title:
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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
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Author(s):
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Inge De Waard , Maria Zolfo , Carlos Kiyan |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-77-5 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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mLearning, CME, Lifelong learning, Developing countries |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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326 |
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Last Page:
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330 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper focuses on delivering mobile continuing medical education (CME) to health care workers (HCWs) in
developing countries. Delivering mobile content to remote areas in low resource settings is a technical challenge.
However the need to transmit the latest knowledge on Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) is crucial for HCWs involved in
HIV/AIDS care in high burden areas.
Through the development of accessible and standardized mobile content on ART we can reach many more HCWs in the
field. Although standardization of mobile content is only in its infancy, we have applied the guidelines for mobile content
development of the Mobile Web Initiative. This has resulted in increased accessibility of the CME modules, minimalized
download size of the content and enabled us to reach as many different mobile cell phones as possible. The cost of
downloading content and enabling cheaper cell phones to connect to the CME modules were crucial in opening up the
CME modules for HCWs in developing countries. In addition to this approach, we have been developing mobile
multimedia content as well, anticipating future mobile applications in developing countries.
Because the CME modules were integrated in a bigger educational portal, it had and has a beneficial result on the
combined knowledge exchange of that portal. Mobile CME modules also contribute to the body of knowledge sharing
and capacity building in developing countries. |
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