Professional Development Workshop - Distance Based Learning Technologies E-Health and Social Media for Clinical HIV Management

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Announcement: Professional Development Workshop - 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 on

Monday 19 July, 14:30-18:00 in Mini Room 8.

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. OI videos will assist clinicians in correctly diagnosing

opportunistic infections associated with HIV. E-Health challenges and

opportunities for HIV Physicians will be presented and how Social Media can be

harnessed effectively by HIV physicians. An understanding of online communities

and their impact on HIV clinical management and social media as a tool for HIV

physicians will be provided. Knowledge of Social media tools to assist in

rapidly disseminating cutting edge HIV/AIDS research and evidence-based case

management approaches to health care workers will be given.

SPEAKERS

1. Introductions: Kohli, Ishdeep / Purohit, Anil

2. Manoharan, Gurusamy (I-Tech)

Chennai, India

3. Aranda-Naranjo, Barbara

Director, Office of Global HIV/AIDS Program

HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, MD United States

4. Shih, Ting (Click Diagnostics)

Boston, United States

5. Colby, Donn ((Harvard Medical School AIDS Initiative in Vietnam) (HAIVN)

Vietnam

6. Aggarwal, Vikas (Project Concern International/ India)

New Delhi, India

7. Harsh, Jagdish (HIV-ATLAS)

New Delhi, India

8. , Joe (AIDS-India, AIDS-Asia, JSPH)

Melbourne, Australia

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 ishdeepkohli@...

Ishdeep Kohli

Executive Director – Programs and Partnerships

Swasthya India

Mumbai, India