Newsletter #8
MedBiquitous Consortium Newsletter #8
3 July 2002
Published by the MedBiquitous Consortium
Contents:
- Membership Update
- Pfizer's Magee Accepts Board of Directors Position
- Requirements for Reusable Modules of Medical Education
1. Membership Update
The MedBiquitous Consortium welcomes AstraZeneca, Aventis, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer as members of the Consortium. These industry members are an important part of our community within professional medicine, and they play a critical role in supporting the activities and educational missions of professional medical societies. AstraZeneca, Aventis, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer share the MedBiquitous Consortium's commitment to empowering professional medical societies, educating physicians, and working toward better patient care. For more information on their involvement in MedBiquitous, read our press release at http://www.medbiq.org/news/press_releases/pressrelease4.htm.
2. Pfizer’s Magee Accepts Board of Directors Position
Dr. Michael Magee, Pfizer's Senior Medical Advisor, has accepted a position on the MedBiquitous Consortium's Board of Directors. Dr. Magee directs the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative and is the Senior Fellow in Humanities to the World Medical Association. Other Directors include Dr. Richard Holt, Dr. Edward Miller, and Dr. Robert Replogle. Dr. Bruce Spivey serves as the Chairman of the Board. The Consortium looks forward to working with Dr. Magee and benefiting from his unique perspective and insights.
3. Requirements for Reusable Modules of Medical Education
On June 26, members of the MedBiquitous Consortium Education Working Group held an important Barn Raising meeting at the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative’s Alexandria, Virginia offices. The group began defining the requirements for data standards for professional medical education based on SCORM, the Shareable Content Object Reference Model constructed by ADL. SCORM is a set of standards that allows organizations to share educational resources within or across organizations. Representatives from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Academy of Family Physicians, Pfizer, Accelera, CorMed, Sun Microsystems, and Johns Hopkins University attended. The group discussed the unique needs surrounding online medical education with Jerry West, Ph.D., the ADL Co-Lab’s Technology Director.
In particular, the group examined issues related to accreditation, disclosure of financial interest, compatibility with other standards, and use of SCORM standards within a competency-based approach to continuing medical education. With a standard practice for addressing these issues, MedBiquitous members could share their high-quality educational content with one another to create effective and efficient online learning experiences for physicians. In order to make these standards useful for professional medicine, MedBiquitous will need to gather additional information from other Consortium members and from specific pilot projects.
Documents that stem from this initial Barn Raising meeting will be published in the Working Groups section of the MedBiquitous website. Other MedBiquitous members are welcome to join the Education Working Group. For more information, contact info@medbiq.org.
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