Skills-Building Announcement: Distance Based Learning Technologies

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Skills-Building Announcement: Distance Based Learning Technologies,

First Announcement: Professional Development Workshop -

XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria,

18-23 July 2010

Distance Based Learning Technologies, E-Health and Social Media for Clinical HIV

Management

Swasthya India, Jodhpur School of Public Health, HIV Atlas and I-TECH India,

announce the Professional Development Workshop, " Distance Based Learning

Technologies, E-Health and Social Media for Clinical HIV Management " at the

XVIII International AIDS Conference, to be held in Vienna, Austria, 18-23 July

2010.

Session date: July 19, 2010

Session time: 14:30-18:00

The advent of Information and Communication Technology is seen as a vital factor

in enhancing development and healthcare efforts.

Countries with high incidence of HIV are benefiting from the Internet,

E-Networking and Social Media to improve the efficiency of information exchange.

Addressing need for cutting-edge information about HIV/AIDS in resource-limited

settings the HIV/AIDS Clinical Seminar Series presentation will increase

knowledge and skills of health care workers related to care, treatment,

diagnosis, and comprehensive management of HIV/AIDS patients.

Effective clinical training is often limited by the non-availability of

appropriate cases and the challenges associated with bed side case discussions.

OI videos will assist clinicians in correctly diagnosing opportunistic

infections associated with HIV and build capacity of health care workers.

E-Health challenges and opportunities for HIV Physicians will be presented and

how Social Media can be harnessed effectively by HIV physicians.

Participants will understand to utilize web-based Voice-over-Internet-Protocol

(VoIP) technology to provide interactive, case-based instructional sessions on

the clinical management of HIV/AIDS.

The Adobe CPL platform will be explained that allows participants to see a

PowerPoint presentation and hear the lecture in real time and demonstrations

provide on how global HIV/AIDS experts present a variety of topics like advanced

care, comprehensive management, and treatment via synchronous live sessions.

An understanding of online communities and their impact on HIV clinical

management and Social Media as a tool for HIV physicians will be provided.

Adaptation of ICT in HIV patient care has been relatively slow and many

physicians are not ready to use this opportunity. E-health provides

opportunities and challenges. This session will present a detailed analysis of

both.

Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Community Health Workers, Pharmacists,

Psychologists, Counselors, Social workers, Traditional or Complementary Therapy

Practitioners, Lab Technicians, Trainers, Clinical Mentors, Academicians and

others working in Clinical Science, Prevention Science, Epidemiology.

Participants wishing to attend can confirm their participation to Ishdeep Kohli

at ishdeep@...

Ishdeep Kohli

Director Programs

Swasthya India

Mumbai, India

e-mail: <ishdeep@...>