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25/Mar/2014
On March 25, 2014, Dr. Jose Jardines and Mr. Edgardo De Gracia from the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) team, made the presentation of the pilot of the Educational Virtual Clinic (EVC) project in Evaluation Workshop of Palliative Care National Program of the Republic of Panama. In it, VCPH services were presented and especially the Educational Virtual Clinic as an opportunity to exchange experiences in Palliative Care.
24/Mar/2014
The Virtual Campus of Public Health modernizes the reports generation system, implementing JasperReports for generating relevant information required by the Academic Coordination and Virtual Courses.
24/Mar/2014
In the last four months the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization has developed in conjunction with the Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) of the Republic of Panama a virtual training for managing Health Information System (HIS). This health information system generates a single electronic patient record, which can be consulted at national level health facilities in the CSS.
10/Mar/2014
The EXPOELEARNING Conference and Exhibition is an international event focused on e-learning, ICTs and Human Resources, organized by AEFOL. It is one of the main e-learning events of Spain and Latin America.
According to its website, several editions have been planned for 2014 in Latin America (May 15th in Chile and June 11 & 12 in Costa Rica). There has also been announced and edition in Bogotá, Colombia, but no specific dates are given in the website.
Access to the exhibition area is free...
24/Feb/2014
In the middle of February 2014 the migration process of Drupal Countries Nodes to a Multi-Sites installation was completed.
This migration took place in nodes countries Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and the American Center for Social Security Studies (CISS). Allowing integrate these nodes with the goal of the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) and educational services provided in Educational Virtual Clinic...
20/Feb/2014
Live from Lima, Peru: International Conference “Towards universal health coverage” 20th and 21st of february.
We invite you to participate virtually: http://minsacu.tribalhost.net
18/Feb/2014
With the intention of improving disease surveillance and control in the English-speaking Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) launched a virtual course on Basic Epidemiological Concepts for front-line health workers.
18/Feb/2014
The Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has opened the call for applications for the Edmundo Granda Ugalde Leaders in International Health Program (LIHP) 2014.
In recognition of the multiple and evolving challenges facing leaders today, the LIHP aims to strengthen the capacity of countries to more effectively analyze, define, advocate and project their national health interests within this complex global context.
The program is open to professionals in the...
31/Jan/2014
Recently two studies showing a diagnosis of the state of online education, circunstritos the U.S. context were published.
The first study is conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group (coordinated by Professors Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman, and in collaboration with Pearson and the Sloan Consortium), and has been presented annually for the past 11 years.
Entitled "Grade Change" Tracking Online Education in the United States (Change: Status of Online Education in the United States), this...
31/Jan/2014
The virtual course on Basic Epidemiological Concepts is the result of a long-standing collaboration between the Pan American Health Organization and the Public Health Agency of Canada to provide training in epidemiology for front-line health workers. This course has been newly adapted to the Caribbean context and is being launched through PAHO's Virtual Campus for Public Health.