G. Reid⁽¹⁾, J.D. Denstedt⁽²⁾, S. Das⁽³⁾, R. deVere White⁽⁴⁾, G. Brock⁽⁵⁾, C. Evans⁽⁶⁾, G. McLorie⁽⁷⁾, J. Parker^(8)
(1)(5)Lawson Research Institute - London. Canada
⁽²⁾University of Western Ontario - London. Canada
^(3)(4)(6)University of California, Davis School of Medicine - Sacramento. United States
⁽⁷⁾University of Toronto - Toronto. Canada
⁽⁸⁾Axia Health - Calgary. Canada

Contact address:

G. Reid Lawson Research Institute 268 Grosvenor Street London Ontario N6A 4V2 Canada john.parker@axia.com

	[Health Informatics]	[Urology]

ABSTRACT

Access to computer and IP-based technologies is experiencing continued exponential growth. While lagging behind other industrial sectors, the health care industry is expected to triple percentage of total revenue expenditures on information technology by 2005.

The prevalence of unregulated and often inaccurate health related information on the Internet is increasing prompting many to call for standards whereby authorship, attribution, disclosure, scientific quality, accessibility, timeliness and readability of electronically published materials may be evaluated. Further, given the nature by which IP-based technologies can bring together communities of experts and learners, many are now calling for internationally accepted standards of continuing education for health care professionals. While strategies whereby continuing health professional education may be best designed have yet to be fully defined, computer and IP-based learning programs provide cost effective and instantaneous access to knowledge learning which may be of direct benefit to patient care and outcome.

We believe the Global Center for Knowledge in Urology addresses each of these issues and positions Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, University of California – Davis and the Hospital for Sick Children as leaders in globally distributed continuing education for health care professionals. Further, we believe the Global Center for Knowledge in Urology is a focused information technology vision that has the capacity to allocate the extensive resources necessary to make such a vision a coherent reality for the global community of urologists ⁽³⁾.

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Keywords: urology - endourology - netmedia - internet - medical education -

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Discussion Board

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[ABSTRACT] [Introduction] [Current Trends in Global Internet Usage] [Quality of IP-Based Health-Related Information] [Evaluation of Continuing Medical Education] [Computer and IP-based Continuing Medical Education] [Global Center for Knowledge in Urology] [References] [Discussion Board]

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	[Health Informatics]	[Urology]

G. Reid, J.D. Denstedt, S. Das, R. deVere White, G. Brock, C. Evans, G. McLorie, J. Parker
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