Contents

1. MedBiquitous Annual Conference Presentations Available
2. Rabin, Casebeer, and Poulton Receive Awards
3. Revised Syndication Guidelines Available
4. Publications
5. Implementation Forums
6. Mark your calendars
7. Membership Update

MedBiquitous Annual Conference Presentations Available

Plenary and panel presentations from the MedBiquitous 2008 Annual Conference are now available. Some of the conference highlights included a keynote speech from Darrell Kirch on the cultural shifts happening within medical education, panels on virtual patients and e-learning, and the first ever Philip Dodds Memorial Lecture by Rachel Ellaway. Many thanks to all of our speakers and conference participants!

Special thanks to Silverchair, an information technology company focused on education, training, and point of care information, for its extraordinary support of the conference. And many thanks to Pfizer, which generously provided an educational grant in support of the annual conference.

Rabin, Casebeer, and Poulton Receive Awards

MedBiquitous is delighted to recognize the outstanding contributions of three of its members through the Networker, Innovator, and Implementer Awards. Linda Casebeer of Outcomes Inc. received the Networker Award for her hard work in promoting the development of a database for CE outcomes and measurement instruments and recruiting many new MedBiquitous members in the process. Terry Poulton of St. George's University of London received the Innovators Award for his extraordinary vision in bringing together the Electronic Virtual Patients (eViP) program to develop a shared bank of virtual patients from across Europe. Andy Rabin of CECity received the Implementer Award for CECity's implementation of the Activity Report, SCORM for Healthcare, Healthcare LOM, and the Professional Profile in their products. Thanks to all of our award winners for their outstanding leadership!

Revised Syndication Guidelines Available

The MedBiquitous Technical Steering Committee has released revised Content Syndication Guidelines that provide recommendations for those wishing to use Atom or Really Simple Syndication (RSS) for creating Internet-based content feeds and podcasts. Users can subscribe to feeds using their web browser, and feeds can be integrated easily into other websites and content offerings. Feeds can also be used to announce the availability of new CE offerings in a particular subject area. Together with new publishing protocols, feeds also provide the opportunity to engage and support communities of practice.

Publications

MedBiquitous is pleased to announce the publication of several articles directly related to the consortium's activities. The March 2008 issue of Medical Teacher includes a special e-learning theme with articles addressing the case for technology standards in health professions education, the opportunity presented by a virtual patient commons, the importance of OpenCourseWare in the health sciences, and much more. Together the articles provide a unique overview of the opportunities afforded by new technologies and approaches to change health professions education. In addition, Source Code for Biology and Medicine has published an article describing tools for discovering competencies and associated learning resources.

If you would like to announce a publication directly related to the consortium's activities, please contact Valerie Smothers at vsmothers@medbiq.org.

Implementation Forums

Are you interested in implementing MedBiquitous standards but filled with questions about what to do next? Have we got the thing for you. MedBiquitous has launched implementation forums to address the questions you may have in implementing MedBiquitous standards. There is a forum for general questions and forums focused on Healthcare LOM and the Professional Profile respectively. The forums will be monitored by MedBiquitous staff and by MedBiquitous working groups, so you can be sure to benefit from those with implementation experience.

Mark your calendars

The MedBiquitous 2009 Annual Conference will be held April 28-30, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. Abstracts are due November 1. A formal call for abstracts will go out shortly. We hope to see you there!

In addition, MedBiquitous Europe will have a booth at the AMEE 2008 in Prague, 30 August to 3 September. Be sure to stop by to see member demonstrations and meet your colleagues!

Membership Update

MedBiquitous is pleased to welcome the American Board of Internal Medicine, Coe Truman Technologies, the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and University of Virginia as new members.

The American Board of Internal Medicine sets the standards and certifies the knowledge, skills and attitudes of physicians who practice in Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. Coe Truman Technologies is an information technology firm that provides software products and professional services to a number of industries including Scientific, Medical, & Professional Associations. The New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians promotes excellence in the standards and practice of Family Medicine to benefit the citizens of the state of New Jersey. Southern California Permanente Medical Group is a professional organization of Kaiser Permanente, the largest nonprofit health plan in the United States. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a center of excellence for military and public health professions education and research. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia sustains the ideal of developing, through education, leaders who are well-prepared to help shape the future of the nation.

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