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The Hong Kong Practitioner
VOLUME 25 / December 2003
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| What's in the web for
family physicians - CME webcasting |
| 1. | OR-live http://www.or-live.com/ |
The OR-live website harbours a good inventory
of CME webcasts categorised into different specialties. Viewers have to
have RealOne player installed in their computer (available free on Internet).
New webcasts are made available on a regular basis and the most recent
ones are included. The webcasts are of good quality, some with synchronised
powerpoint presentation slides. |
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| 2. | Doctor's Guide Webcast Library http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/AllWebcast? OpenForm&abd=yes&id=48DDE4A73E09A96985256888 0078C249 |
The Doctor's Guide website has a huge library
of webcast archives for retrieval by doctors. Selection of topics can
be narrowed down by choosing from a list of preset keywords. Free registration
is needed, and the webcast will come through with the use of RealOne Player. |
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| 3. | Netsurgery.com Webcasts http://netsurgery.com/webcast_index.asp?b=netsurgery |
Archives of webcasts on different surgeries
are hosted in this website on surgeries and procedures. They are categorised
into different subspecialities of surgery. With streaming technology,
a good library of webcast lectures can reach users with RealOne Player
installed. |
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| 4. | Clinical Directors Network http://www.cdnetwork.org/webcast_archives.htm |
Live audio with synchronised presentation
materials are streamed via the Internet to webcast users, who can register
free to log on. Real time webcasts allow participants and presenters to
create real-time interaction - questions answered by the presenter in
real time, online chats, and online breakout sessions. The archives allow
users to replay CME events from the past, allowing users to retrieve the
library of previous webcast at a later time. |
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| 5. | Public Health Training Network (PHTN) Satellite Broadcast and
Webcast http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/sars-return/default.asp#webcast |
The Public Health Training Network (PHTN)
is a distance learning system maintained by Centre for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) of US government. A webcast on "Preparing for
the return of SARS: are we ready?" recorded in late September is
available online for training of health workers. |
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| 6. | The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
http://www.vioworks.com/clients/sages2003/ |
The SAGES website has archived all presentations
of their March meeting on Endoscopic surgery. Topics on new endoscopic
technologies, hepato-biliary and pancreatic endoscopic surgeries, complications
and video clippings of endoscopic surgeries were included. All video presentations
were well produced and very educational. Media Player is needed for viewing
these recorded videos. |
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| 7. | Frontiers in Medicine http://www.frontiersinmedicine.com/htn/webcast.asp |
The website utilizes web-based streaming
of audio, visual images, and real-time question/answer periods with presenters
for CME delivery. The current topic is on type II diabetes. Lectures on
hypertension can be found at http://www.frontiersinmedicine.com/htn
and previous lectures of other topics are available at http://www.frontiersinmedicine.com/previous-lectures.asp
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| A K Y Tang, MBBS(HK) Correspondence to : |
Please note that this and previous editions of "What's in the Web for Family Physicians" are now on the links page of the Web site. All suggested sites are connected by hyperlinks and can be reached by a click of the mouse. |