March-April 2002
Volume 1 - Issue 3

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Save the Date !!

PDA Exposition:

(Personal Digital Assistant)

A One Day Event for Clinicians, Educators, Information Technologists, & Learners June 11, 2002: 9 AM-4 PM University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA

The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester:

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

The Office of Medical Education

Division of Community Based Education

The Lamar Soutter Library

Information Services and

Macy Initiative in Health Communications

Are proud to sponsor this event to promote understanding and utilization of PDA technology for:

  • Use in clinical practice
  • Use in undergraduate and graduate medical education
  • Development for educational research
  • Infrastructure development and support
  • The program will run in three separate tracks: Beginner, Experienced and Technologist. Each track will allow the participant to address their needs by attending whichever courses they prefer.

    Some topics to be included:

    Beginner: Choosing a PDA, Basic Applications, Downloading; Experienced: Patient Care Utilities, References, Database Use; Education: Current Use of the PDA in Education, Ideas in Development, Future Avenues; Technologist: Connectivity, Security, Firewall Issues, Software Development

    Registration is Limited to the first 100 Respondents

    PDA EXPO: June 11, 2002 University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA

    Registration

    Name: _____________________________________________________

    Street: _____________________________________________________

    City, State, Zip: _____________________________________________

    Phone: _____________________________________________________

    Email: _____________________________________________________

    Academic Affiliation: _________________________________________

    What type of PDA do you use: ___Palm OS ___Pocket PC

    What Skill Level do you believe you are at?
    ___Beginner ___Experienced ___Advanced ___Technologist

    Please only register if you will be attending, as space is very limited. Should you register and then cannot attend, please let us know ASAP. There is no registration fee for this course.

    Please forward this form to Kathleen Trumpaitus by emailing her at Kathleen.trumpaitus@umassmed.edu or faxing it to her at 508-856-5536.


    NLM | NN/LM | NER


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