Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Meeting with Ministry of Health on Distance Education

Last evening I participated as a presenter in a group meeting with the director of the school, Laurent, the project manager in Rwanda from Tulane, Laura, the manager of distance medical resources from the Ministry of Health, Richard, and consultant form South Africa who has worked for the last few years in Telemedicine.

The meeting went well with Richard presenting first, with the South African presenting second, and with myself presenting last. We discussed the goal plans for the future and then how we might partner together in meeting these initiatives.

The meeting went very well and finished on a positive note. It seemed that we at the school have a much stronger instructional design infrastructure established which will greatly enhance the projects success. The telehealth sector is being established by the Ministry of Health without any instructional design emphasis. The partnership of the tools we have created at Tulane, Utah State, and the NUR-SPH with the tools of the Ministry of Health should bring large advancements in the effectiveness of teaching and presenting information to a wider audience.

The NUR-SPH will need to stay up to date on instructional strategies, technology, and ways of implementing these strategies to build a pan-african forum of experts. We will also need to provide training for individuals to keep the momentum of this project moving forward.

Perhaps Eddie can continue this endeavor while I finish my last few credits at USU, then return to further the project.

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