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From: Ron LaPorte [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent: December 23, 1999 10:57 AM
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Subject: PROCOR: 12/23/99: Supercourse-Teaching Epidemiology on the
Web
Dear Colleagues,
This is to inform members of this list about an information service
available on the web for teaching epidemiology called Supercourse -
Epidemiology.
A few years ago we decided to take on the task of improving global training
in the area of epidemiology, global health and the Internet. A group of
people in academia worldwide decided that this was indeed possible, but not
through the existing approaches of distance education. We wanted to create
something quite different where faculty around the world helps other
faculty. I have provided below the executive summary of what we have been
doing. We invite your participation in this global effort. We currently
have 1303 faculty from 101 countries. It would be wonderful to include more
information concerning the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular
diseases.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D.
Director, Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications
WHO Collaborating Center
Professor of Epidemiology
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
USA
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Supercourse: Executive Summary
www.pitt.edu/~super1/ <http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/>
Question: What is the best way to improve health training/research?
Answer: Improve the lectures.
Question: How do we improve health training/research lectures:
Answer: Have academic faculty worldwide share their lectures:
Question: Will faculty share lectures?
Answer: Yes, The Supercourse has 1302 faculty from 101 countries who created
a free Library of Lectures with 110 lectures on the Internet with quality
control, and cutting edge cognitive design, with over 90 promised by Mar.
1. This is being shared worldwide.
We are developing a "Library of Lectures" with passionate lectures in
prevention from across the world. We propose to expand this to all areas of
research in health. Our program consists of:
1. Shareware: A Global faculty is developing and sharing their best,
most passionate lectures in the area of Public Health and the Internet. This
benefits all. The experienced faculty member can beef up their lectures
which are not cutting edge. New instructors reduce preparation time and
improve their lectures, as they can employ state of the art lectures from
others. Faculty in developing countries have access to current prevention
information for the first time. The concept is that of a library of lectures
for all to use is in many ways similar to that of "shareware" on the
computer.
2. Statistical Quality Assurance: We have established a Deming Model of
statistical quality control to monitor lectures over time
3. Supporting the teachers: The Library of Lectures consists of
exciting lectures by academic prevention experts in the field. The classroom
teacher "takes" them out for free like a library book. There is no direct
teaching of students from a distance, rather the concept of the system is to
provide cutting edge material for all faculty to present.
4. Hypertext comic book: The lectures are icon driven, and the students
can go deep into the Internet for more information through hyperlinks. It is
based upon PowerPoint for ease of usage.
5. Presentation Speed: We have discovered technologies to speed access
to lectures worldwide.
6. Text books: The British Medical Association has put 2 current text
books on line for us.
7. Multilingual: For global use, this must be multilingual, the first
lecture is in 8 languages.
8. Voice-Sound Video: We are using state of the art Internet
voice-video systems. We soon will be using "clickable" voice video
We have published over 75 papers in leading medical journals including the
Lancet, British Medical Journal, Nature Medicine, among others. We are
working with PAHO to put mirrored servers into every medical school in the
Americas this year. Within 5 years we should reach globally all medical
schools. WHO has developed a Supercourse. Initial pilot studies reveal that
6000 students will see each lecture each year, which is 150 times larger
than our classroom teaching. We have beta tested lectures by 31 teachers
world wide, and it works. We are now developing a Chinese Heritage course.
We are happy to share the more in-depth description. Please come to our site
and join, as well as help each of us help each other.
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