From M.Nabih-Kamel-Boulos@city.ac.uk Sat Jan 19 02:16:52 2002 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id g0JAGnK72736 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 02:16:49 -0800 Received: FROM mxu1.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Sat Jan 19 02:16:46 2002 -0800 Received: from rly-ip01.mx.aol.com (rly-ip01.mx.aol.com [205.188.156.49]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g0JAGjpj029813 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 02:16:45 -0800 Received: from logs-tf.proxy.aol.com (logs-tf.proxy.aol.com [152.163.197.135]) by rly-ip01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/AOL-5.0.0) with ESMTP id FAA12505 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 05:16:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from oemcomputer (AC955AA7.ipt.aol.com [172.149.90.167]) by logs-tf.proxy.aol.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id g0JACEi401439 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 05:12:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001701c1a0d1$c3b93b30$9865fea9@oemcomputer> From: "Maged Kamel" To: References: Subject: ArcWatch Announcement - Re: OPEN: On-Line Continued Education Course on Health Informatics Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:12:11 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Apparently-From: MagedNKamel@aol.com >From the latest ArcWatch: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Geography of Health Care Planning and Marketing ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn how health care professionals can use ArcView Business Analyst 1.1a to plan efficient delivery of health services and identify new opportunities in the marketplace. Learn more and sign up today http://campus.esri.com/index.cfm?CID=43 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: "WAPHGIS" Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:57 AM Subject: FW: OPEN: On-Line Continued Education Course on Health Informatics I came across this on another listserve. See below. Didn't see anything geographic. Richard Hoskins WA State Department of Health 1102 Quince Street Olympia, WA 98504-7812 (360) 236-4270 (360) 236-4245 fax richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov GMT -8 ANNOUNCEMENT: On-Line Continued Education Course on Health Informatics Would you like to follow more closely the scientific literature in your area but is always lacking the time or the discipline to do it? Do you feel that you are not keeping up to date and that it is increasingly difficult to select what papers to read? Or are you studying health informatics for the first time and needs an in-depth survey of the recent literature? Then this course is right for you. With a minimal investment of time, effort and cost, you will be able to read every week the most important and recent paper, which will be selected and commented by a recognized international expert in the field. An on-line forum, daily news, selected Web resources and additional readings will enhance your learning experience. Upon completing the semester's requirements, you will get 30 continued education (CME) credit hours and a certificate by a recognized educational institution. The tutor is Professor Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD, chairman of Medical Informatics and director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics of the State University of Campinas, a senior researcher and lecturer with more than 30 years of experience in the field. If you are interested, please check out for further information and a demo class on the course's site at: http://courses.yahoo.com/course/HealthInformatics (click on "Syllabus" for detailed information) Enrollment and payment are on-line and can be done, renewed or cancelled any time of the year, since this is a continued course. Tuition is very reasonable (US$ 40 per semester). The Edumed Institute for Education in Medicine and Health Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Email: courses@edumed.net .