Updated: Aug 26, 1998
This is the most recent structured information on this project. Complementary data can be found on previous documents
IT EDUCTRA Information technology medical education and training

Overview

Purpose and objectives

Although in a number of countries information systems are not used extensively it is obvious that information systems will be introduced increasingly in health care. activities Besides, decisions about which systems are appropriate are made by professionals who lack the necessary knowledge. It may be concluded that the regrettable situation which exists is unlikely to change in the near future. Although younger professionals have more experience in the use of PCs, they still lack the relevant background knowledge of health informatics. The principles of health informatics are often neglected in the universities, so that also the new generations of graduates are no better informed than current professionals.

Moreover, there is an enormous shortage of professionals who are well trained in health informatics, a situation which seems unlikely to change in the coming years. The challenge facing us is to stimulate health professionals to adopt informatics and telematics as a tool in their working environment. This goal can be addressed by improving the training opportunities in the field of health care informatics, by employing trainers with the relevant background and by the provision of adequate course material.

In this context, the objective of the project is neither to make a university postgraduate training programme in specialists of IT for the HC sector nor to make an information programme, or observatory, for "what is new" or "what is going on" in IT for the HC sector, nor a diffusion programme of HC Telematics results, nor a diffusion programme of standardisation bodies and the like.

Otherwise, the main objective of IT EDUCTRA IS TO BUILD UP A WIDE DIFFUSION AND TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR HC PROFESSIONALS IN THE BASICS OF IT AND IT MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, with a final goal of an audience of about thousands of beneficiaries.

In addition, the project has some quantitative objectives which may be summarised in the following way:

• around 75 information and training products of new creation, some of them in full multimedia format, distributed in CD-ROM and using Web technology
• first audiences at least in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, but also in Portuguese, Finnish, Danish, Dutch and others
• 14 Diffusion Sites for the demonstration phase
• 10 courses per Diffusion Site
• 8 seminars per Diffusion Site

  Results

  In order to carry out its objectives, IT EDUCTRA will develop a series of HC Informatics related Products (Curriculum) and multimedia materials (Website and CD ROM) by engaging expert authors in the field and adapting existing materials from other previous experiences.

  In the case of the Web, as an internal and external communication tool, the IT EDUCTRA project has implemented a World Wide Web site ( http://www.fundesco.es/it-eductra/). The main objectives of this web are:

  • To help in the management activities
  • To help in authoring, production and validations processes
  • To provide a central communications node
  • To distribute materials world-wide
  The CD-ROM is one of the main results of IT EDUCTRA. It will be built up by the integration of all the materials developed in the project. This CD will contain standard homogeneous electronic formats and will have an automatic installation procedure. On the other hand, the conclusion of the training needs analysis will be a proposal of a Curriculum. This curriculum will contain a set of Information Technologies related to healthcare subjects to be covered by IT EDUCTRA products.

  With respect to the results of the demonstration activities, this project wants to contribute to its main objective by spreading the knowledge of IT in the HC sector. At the end of the first demonstration phase, this project will have produced more than 80 new training modules or information packages about IT for the HC sector, some in text, some in multimedia packages, packaged in easy distribution CDs or accessible through Internet in an WWW site, that will be distributed for free, and will have established a mechanism to update and produce more.

  At the end of the demonstration stage, this project will have delivered more than 10 courses, and 8 seminars, in 14 European distribution sites, with an average of 20 students or attendants, which gives a global audience of more than 5.000 HC professionals, and will have established a mechanism by which these courses can be also adopted by other institutions, multiplying the final audience in a cascade effect. In order to achieve this, this project has established from the outset a wide network of key figures and decision makers of the HC sector in most European countries, especially with those responsible for education and training.

  Target audiences may be classified as follows:
  Audience 1. Medical and health professionals without management roles, that is, those who will be trained in and use limited end-user functions of relevant systems (i.e: General Practitioners, External Specialists and Hospital specialists).
  Audience 2. Medical and health professionals with administrative and management responsibilities in their services by speciality. They will be required to undertake more system specification, evaluation of proposed solutions and to define the specification of systems access for their subordinates and junior colleagues.
  Audience 3. Several professionals linked to centre administration and management (Primary care centres, Speciality centres, Private Clinics, Public Hospitals and so on).
  Audience 4. Strategy planners, policy makers, government managers and those managing centrally co-ordinated initiatives.
  Audience 5. IT services providers to the health care sector.

  List of deliverables

  Year 1

  • D3.4: Guides for authors and multimedia production (3, P)
  • D5.1: CD-ROM Navigator prototype (3, R)
  • D4.1: Authoring of "How use flexible learning technologies in the HC sector" (4, R)
  • D7.1: Agreements with other projects in the programme (4, R)
  • D3.1: Training needs analysis (5, P)
  • D3.2: IT EDUCTRA curriculum proposal (5, P)
  • D7.3: LEONARDO proposal (05, R)
  • D8.1: Videoconferencing system (05, R)
  • D8.2: WWW service (06, P)
  • D7.2: Set of external training packages included (11, R)

  Year 2

  • D2.1: Analysis and design validation report (13, P)
  • D5.2: Prototype CD-ROM with sample contents (14, R)
  • D3.5: Educational Technology Scenarios (15, P)
  • D2.2: Diffusion plan orientation report (17, P)
  • D4.2: Authoring and English polishing training Products (19, R)
  • D2.3: Production evaluation report (20, P)
  • D7.4: SOCIAL FUNDS recommendation (24, R)

  Year 3

  • D5.3: Definitive CD-ROM (22, P)
  • D1.1: Core Group pilot courses and seminars evaluation report (36, P)
  • D3.8: Evaluation report on courses and seminars (36, R)
  • D6.1: Diffusion activities report (courses and seminars) (36, P)
  • D6.2: Public activities report (36, P)

  List of participants

  Name:	Dr. Walter Kugemann
  Organisation:	Friedrich Alexander-Universität Erlangen
  Address:	Maximilians Platz 3 Erlangen. D-91054
  Country:	GERMANY
  Tel:	+ 49 9131 854 735
  Fax:	+ 49 9131 854 738
  E-mail:	fimpsy@fim.uni-erlangen.de
  Name:	Mr. Ricardo Gaitán
  Organisation:	Fundesco
  Address:	Plaza de la Independencia, 6 Madrid. 28001
  Country:	SPAIN
  Tel:	+ 34 1 330 06 38/619
  Fax:	+ 34 1 330 06 76/660
  E-mail:	ricardo.gaitan@fundesco.es
  Name:	Ms. Jean Mary Roberts
  Organisation:	Greenhalgh & Company Ltd.
  Address:	Gunco Lane Macclesfield Cheshire. SK 11 7JL
  Country:	United Kingdom
  Tel:	+ 44 1625 612 261
  Fax:	+ 44 1625 511 219
  E-mail:	consult@gcl.u-net.com
  Name:	Mr. José Luis Monteagudo
  Organisation:	Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  Address:	Sinesio Delgado, 6 Madrid. 28029
  Country:	SPAIN
  Tel:	+ 34 1 387 78 99
  Fax:	+ 34 1 387 78 96
  E-mail:	jlm@isciii.es
  Name:	Mr. Giancarlo Venturini
  Organisation:	LOGO 2000
  Address:	Viale Erminio Spalla, 41 Roma. 00142
  Country:	ITALY
  Tel:	+ 39 6 504 35 91
  Fax:	+ 39 6 504 35 92
  E-mail:	logodue@mbox.vol.it
  Name:	Prof. Arie Hasman
  Organisation:	Organisation: Maastricht University
  Address:	P.O. Box 616 Maastricht. 6200 MD
  Country:	THE NETHERLANDS
  Tel:	+ 31 43 388 22 41/42
  Fax:	+ 31 43 367 10 52
  E-mail:	hasman@mi.unimaas.nl
  Name:	Prof. John Mantas
  Organisation:	University of Athens
  Address:	75 M. Asias Street GR-11527. Athens
  Country:	GREECE
  Tel:	+ 30 1 778 14 60
  Fax:	+ 30 1 771 57 38
  E-mail:	jmantas@asklipios.dn.uoa..gr
  Name:	Prof. Christian Nøhr
  Organisation:	Aalborg Univesity
  Address:	Fibigerstraede, 13. Aalborg. DK 9220
  Country:	DENMARK
  Tel:	+ 45 96 35 84 01
  Fax:	+ 45 98 15 10 85
  E-mail:	cn@i4.auc.dk
  Name:	Dr. Josef Michel
  Organisation:	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Universitätsklinikum Charité
  Address:	Wilhelmstraße 67 Berlin. 10117
  Country:	GERMANY
  Tel:	+ 49 30 2093 4680/1
  Fax:	+ 49 30 2093 4686
  E-mail:	michel@rz.charite.hu-berlin.de
  Name:	Mr. Jos Aarts
  Organisation:	FONTYS
  Address:	P.O.BOX 347 Eindhoven. 5600 AH
  Country:	THE NETHERLANDS
  Tel:	+ 31 40 260 59 34
  Fax:	+ 31 40 243 52 74
  E-mail:	j.aarts@HEMA.AZN.NL
  Name:	Prof. Rüdiger Klar
  Organisation:	Klinikum der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
  Address:	Stefan-Meier-Straße 26 Freiburg. 79104
  Country:	GERMANY
  Tel:	+ 49 761 203 6701
  Fax:	+ 49 761 203 6711
  E-mail:	klar@ami1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
  Name:	Mr. Juha Kauttonen
  Organisation:	University of Kuopio
  Address:	P.O.BOX 1627 Kuopio. 70211
  Country:	FINLAND
  Tel:	+ 358 17 163 924
  Fax:	+ 358 17 163 903
  E-mail:	Juha.Kauttonen@uku.fi
  Name:	Prof. Adelin Albert
  Organisation:	University of Liège
  Address:	University Hospital Sart Tilman Liège. 4000
  Country:	BELGIUM
  Tel:	+ 32 4 366 25 90/91
  Fax:	+ 32 4 366 25 96
  E-mail:	aalbert@ulg.ac.be
  Name:	Prof. Enrique Gómez Aguilera
  Organisation:	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  Address:	ETSI Telecomunicaciones Ciudad Universitaria s/n 28040. Madrid
  Country:	SPAIN
  Tel:	+ 34 1 336 73 08
  Fax:	+ 34 1 336 68 28
  E-mail:	egomez@teb.upm.es
  Name:	Dr. Dave Wastell
  Organisation:	University of Manchester
  Address:	Oxford Road Manchester. M13 9PL
  Country:	United Kingdom
  Tel:	+ 44 161 275 5722
  Fax:	+ 44 161 275 6200
  E-mail:	was@cs.man.ac.uk
  Name:	Prof. Francesco Pinciroli
  Organisation:	Politecnico de Milano
  Address:	Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20 133. Milano
  Country:	ITALY
  Tel:	+ 39 2 23 99 33 35
  Fax:	+ 39 2 23 99 33 60
  E-mail:	pinciroli@biomed.polimi.it
  Name:	Dr. David Lemaitre
  Organisation:	Hôpital Broussais
  Address:	96, Rue Didot Paris. 75674
  Country:	FRANCE
  Tel:	+ 33 1 43 95 91 66
  Fax:	+ 33 1 43 95 92 09
  E-mail:	lemaitre@hbroussais.fr
  Name:	Dr. Mário Seixas
  Organisation:	Universidade do Porto
  Address:	Rua Roberto Frías s/n. Porto. 4200
  Country:	PORTUGAL
  Tel:	+ 351 2 557 07 00
  Fax:	+ 351 2 557 07 99
  E-mail:	mseixas@hook.ipatimup.up.pt
  Name:	Prof. Dr. Jana Zvárová
  Organisation:	Charles University
  Address:	Pod Vodárenskou vezí 2 Prague 8.
  Country:	CZECH REPUBLIC
  Tel:	+ 420 2 689 70 13
  Fax:	+ 420 2 471 74 55
  E-mail:	zvarova@euromise.cz
  Name:	Mr. Paul Wainwright
  Organisation:	University of Wales Swansea
  Address:	Parc Beck Sketty Road Swansea. SA2 9DX
  Country:	United Kingdom
  Tel:	+ 44 1792 281002
  Fax:	+ 44 1792 205691
  E-mail:	p.wainwright@swansea.ac.uk

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