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Skilled Nursing Resource Site
for Web-based
Continuing Education
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Evaluation of the site linked here is part of a doctoral dissertation
subject area guide project.
Comments are welcome.
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Authority, sponsorship, intended audience.
Telemedicine Canada was established in 1982, and "operates as a federal non-profit corporation under the joint auspices of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and The Toronto Hospital. Telemedicine Canada is the world's largest telehealth network." Intended audience is clinical and administrative health care professionals.
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Accuracy.
Course is delivered by teleconference, however, learning objectives for each course offering can be viewed at this site, and appear to be detailed and relevant regarding contemporary issues and challenges. Affiliation of course presenter/author is also given. Speakers are practicing health professionals.
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Objectivity.
Site has clinical, technical, and operational orientation, no commercial advertising.
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Currency.
No date of last site revision, although Spring 1998 course calendar is posted.
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Browser and other concerns.
Loads well and is easy to navigate. Links to pages with full instructions for registration and course delivery are provided.
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Continuing Education.
These courses are delivered via live telephone/speakerphone hookup, and fees ($134) are per site regardless of number of listeners. Program format is 45 minutes in length, described as being similar to radio broadcasts, and are accompanied by slides and handouts. Description states these offerings are interactive, so listeners may ask questions of the presenters. There are many specialty course offerings for administrators, nurses, and therapists, as well as courses of transdisciplinary interest such as utilization management, management information systems, and infection control. Spring 1998 course calendar with date and Eastern Standard Time of offering is posted. Registration is available online, as well as full instructions for setting up the call. Audiotapes of the teleconference event are also available. Continuing education accreditations for each course are listed.
