Contents

1. European Virtual Patients Bank in Development
2.  MedBiquitous Annual Conference Presentations Available
3. Save the Date!
4. Call for Abstracts
5. Upcoming Events
6. Thomson Healthcare Sponsors MedBiquitous
7. Membership Update

European Virtual Patients Bank in Development

The European Commission has funded a project to develop a pan-European bank of virtual patients leveraging the emerging MedBiquitous Virtual Patient standard. Called the eViP Project, this three-year program will create a bank of virtual patients based upon cases which are already available throughout Europe and adapt these for multicultural and multilingual use. Project partners include St George s University of London, Karolinska Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Heidelberg University, Maastricht University, University  Iuliu Hatieganu  Cluj-Napoca, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, and University of Warwick. For more information, visit the project website at: http://www.elu.sgul.ac.uk/virtualpatients/eViP_project.htm

 MedBiquitous Annual Conference Presentations Available

Presentations from the MedBiquitous 2007 Annual Conference are now available. Some of the conference highlights were an outstanding talk on gaming design from Jesse Schell of Carnegie Mellon, a discussion of physician competence initiatives from Jim Thompson of the Federation of State Medical Boards, and a joint model for education and clinical decision support from Jerry Osheroff. Many thanks to all of our speakers and conference participants!To view presentations, visit: http://www.medbiq.org/events/conferences/annual_conference/2007/presentations.html

Special thanks to conference sponsors CECity and Moberg Research for extraordinary support of collaboration in healthcare education. The conference was partly supported by a generous educational grant from Pfizer.

Save the Date!

The MedBiquitous 2008 Annual Conference will take place May 13-15 in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference promises to be another outstanding gathering of leaders transforming healthcare education and assessment using learning technologies. Mark your calendars!

Call for Abstracts

The MedBiquitous Executive Committee is seeking high-quality abstracts for half-day workshops, panel presentations, and technology demonstrations on a range of topics, including e-portfolios, virtual patients, competency frameworks, Web 2.0, and evaluation metrics. Priority will be given to abstracts focusing on the implementation of learning technology standards. Abstracts are due November 1 and may be submitted online. Visit http://www.medbiq.org/callforabstracts/ for details.

Upcoming Events

Look for MedBiquitous staff and members to present the following sessions at the upcoming meeting of the Association for Medical Education in Europe.

Implementing an Emerging Standard for Virtual Patients Workshop, Tuesday August 28, 4:30 PM Leveraging Technology Standards to Facilitate Mapping Content to Competencies and Outcomes, Outcomes-based Education session, Monday, August 27, 4:30 PM

Thomson Healthcare Sponsors MedBiquitous

MedBiquitous is pleased to announce Thomson Healthcare as a Silver Sponsor. Thomson Healthcare is the leading provider of decision support solutions that help organizations across the healthcare industry improve clinical and business performance. Thomson Healthcare products and services help clinicians, hospitals, employers, health plans, government agencies, and pharmaceutical companies manage the cost and improve the quality of healthcare.  Thomson Healthcare is a part of The Thomson Corporation, a provider of value-added information, software tools and applications to professionals in the fields of healthcare, law, tax, accounting, scientific research, and financial services.

Sponsorship allows MedBiquitous to continue to work on high-impact standards development efforts that move the healthcare education and assessment industry forward as a whole. For more information on sponsorship, contact Valerie Smothers at vsmothers@medbiq.org and visit: http://www.medbiq.org/sponsorship/index.html

MedBiquitous thanks Thomson Healthcare for their extraordinary support.

Membership Update

MedBiquitous is pleased to welcome the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, American Osteopathic Association, American Thoracic Society, Medscape, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Outcomes Inc., and Maastricht University as new members.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is the world's largest specialty nursing organization and is dedicated to providing its members with the knowledge and resources necessary to provide optimal care to critically ill patients. American Osteopathic Association is a member association representing more than 61,000 osteopathic physicians (D.O.s). The AOA serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s, and is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical colleges and health care facilities. The American Thoracic Society is an independently incorporated, international, educational and scientific society which focuses on respiratory, critical care and sleep medicine.

Medscape provides clinicians and other healthcare professionals with the timely, comprehensive and relevant clinical information to improve patient care. Northern Ontario School of Medicine offers a world class four-year MD program with multiple teaching and research sites distributed across Northern Ontario, including large and small communities. Outcomes Inc. is a full service evaluation company dedicated to providing quality and objective measurement for providers of continuing healthcare education and patient education. Maastricht University is known at home and abroad for its innovative education system, advanced research and international orientation. The Faculty of Medicine provides training in all fields and sub-fields of medicine, as well as the initial phase of training for medical research.

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