(Please excuse duplicate postings of this notice.)

THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ANNOUNCES TWO LEADING-EDGE PROGRAMS
FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

A 2-day conference:
"NURSES & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: COMMITTED TO CHANGE"

MAY 28 - 29, 1998

SHERATON BURLINGTON HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER, BURLINGTON, VERMONT

Designed for nurse leaders, nursing staff, and their interdisciplinary
team colleagues committed to creating change in their practice
settings, this live conference features two days of workshops that
demonstrate the application of new concepts, theories, and tools of
clinical improvement by highlighting the various stages of
implementation. Participants learn from working examples--the
challenges, strategies, successes, and setbacks experienced by their
colleagues--and leave with practical knowledge and skills to take back
to their practice settings. 15 contact hours are offered.

Featured speakers include: PAUL BATALDEN, Dartmouth Medical
School; LINDA CRONENWETT, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center;
JENNIE DULAC, BJC Healthcare System; and MARJORIE GODFREY and
EUGENE NELSON, Lahey-Hitchcock Clinic.
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"The telemedicine symposium offered by UVM/Fletcher Allen Health Care
is the only one of its kind in the U.S. I highly recommend this
program."
--RICHARD SPIVACK, National Institute of Standards & Technology,
U.S. Department of Commerce

"HOW TO BUILD A TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM"

MAY 31 - JUNE 3, 1998

On-site at Fletcher Allen Health Care--one of the top ten telemedicine
sites in the nation--and The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Learn how to:
* Conduct a telemedicine needs assessment
* Avoid pitfalls in developing a sustainable network
* Build a business model for financing your network
* Overcome policy and legal barriers to instituting telemedicine
* Assess "store and forward" as well as videoconferencing solutions
* Examine medical and non-medical peripherals
* Evaluate your network's effectiveness

SPECIAL FEATURES include hands-on training at more than 15
specially-designed telemedicine workstations; oral presentations;
small group interaction and networking; a copy of "A Telemedicine
Primer;" and an interactive CD-ROM

FEATURED SPEAKERS include: MICHAEL P. CAPUTO, JR., MS, The University
of Vermont; STEPHEN DOHENY-FARINA, PhD, Clarkson University, N.Y.;
GARY C. DOOLITTLE, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center; ALAN S.
GOLDBERG, JD, Goulston & Storrs, Mass.; JOSEPH KVEDAR, MD, Partners
HealthCare System, Mass.; WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, Fletcher Allen Health
Care, Vt.; JIM REID, PA-C, Menninger Center for Telepsychiatry, Kans.;
MICHAEL RICCI, MD, FACS, Fletcher Allen Health Care & The University of
Vermont; JAY H. SANDERS, MD, FACP, The Global Telemedicine Group, Va.

TELEMEDICINE WORKSTATIONS include:
Medical Peripherals; Multimedia; Videoconferencing Systems; Videophone;
Telephone-Based, Still Image; Pathology; Dermatology; Cardiology;
Endoscopy; Surgery; Nephrology; Radiology; Ultrasound; Psychiatry;
Obstetrics/Gynecology

FOR MORE INFORMATION about either of these programs:
CALL: 800-639-3188 ext 29/802-656-2088 ext 29
E-MAIL: [log in to unmask]
WEB: http://uvmce.uvm.edu:443/profprog.htm