Description of the MedIT Workshop

The MedIT Workshop intends to contribute to the development of the Romanian educational system according to current international standards.

Modern medical education implies including alongside the traditional educational methods new technologies that allow distance teaching. Telemedicine has evolved from a distance assisted diagnosis and treatment method to an efficient way of sharing medical knowledge and skills between healthcare professionals. On the other hand, wide access to electronically published medical information has raised several ethical problems that need to be immediately and adequately addressed.

In this respect, the MedIT Workshop will table an articulate analysis of the current educational methods used in the Romanian medical educational system. At the same time, the workshop will try to identify the most appropiate ICT solutions that best fit the Romanian educational system. The debates will be the starting point for developing further strategies and recommendations to be presented to stakeholders of the medical field.

Aim

The MedIT Workshop aims to promote the implementation of modern and efficient ICT solutions in the Romanian medical educational system according to current international standards.

Objectives

The objectives of the MedIT Workshop are:

• to inform the participants about the advantages of modern ICT use in medical education
• to provide the participants with the skills needed for the implementation of the ICT solutions presented at the workshop
• to encourage the participants to develop initiatives acording to the strategies elaborated at the workshop

Target group

The target group consists of 30 medical doctors and 30 medical students summoned from the major Romanian university centers. Participants will be selected on a Curriculum Vitae basis; previous experience in the field, as well as practical ability to disseminate the information and to implement the ICT solutions will also be taken into consideration.

At a larger scale, the workshop reaches the entire Romanian medical community through the participants and through the reports and conclusions elaborated. This will contribute to the development of ICT solutions in Romanian medical educational system.

Location

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Organizer / Sponsor / Partners

Organizer:

• MediClass Association - Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sponsor

• " The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Bucharest, the Matra-KAP Program

Partners

• " Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• S.C. Graffco S.R.L., Cluj-Napoca, Romania